#A55AE2#A55AE2

#A55AE2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.203 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55AE2
RGB	rgb(165, 90, 226)
HSL	hsl(273, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 60.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 54.79, -57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 79.43, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% 0.1216 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.203 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8978, 20.8030, 74.2191)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55AE2 #97E25A

analogous

#615AE2 #A55AE2 #E25ADB

triadic

#A55AE2 #E2A55A #5AE2A5

tetradic

#A55AE2 #E2615A #97E25A #5ADBE2

square

#A55AE2 #E2615A #97E25A #5ADBE2

split-complementary

#A55AE2 #DBE25A #5AE261

monochromatic

#681DA5 #8926D9 #A55AE2 #C18EEB #DEC2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#A55AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#A55AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55AE2

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55AE2	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187BE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 90, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.203 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38cec',
    500: '#a55ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ae2;
$custom-light: #c38cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.088,
    "s": 70.103,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61605,
    "c": 0.20284,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55AE2

secondary

#C9E5B3

accent

#D21369

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55AE2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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