#A55AE3#A55AE3

#A55AE3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.204 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55AE3
RGB	rgb(165, 90, 227)
HSL	hsl(273, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 60.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 55.02, -57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 79.93, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% 0.1215 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.204 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0354, 20.8580, 74.9438)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55AE3 #98E35A

analogous

#615AE3 #A55AE3 #E35ADC

triadic

#A55AE3 #E3A55A #5AE3A5

tetradic

#A55AE3 #E3615A #98E35A #5ADCE3

square

#A55AE3 #E3615A #98E35A #5ADCE3

split-complementary

#A55AE3 #DCE35A #5AE361

monochromatic

#681CA6 #8826DA #A55AE3 #C28EEC #DEC3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#A55AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#A55AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55AE3

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55AE3	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#157BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 90, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.204 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48cec',
    500: '#a55ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ae3;
$custom-light: #c48cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.847,
    "s": 70.984,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61668,
    "c": 0.20393,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55AE3

secondary

#CAE6B3

accent

#D3126A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55AE3

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

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