#A55AE4#A55AE4

#A55AE4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.205 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55AE4
RGB	rgb(165, 90, 228)
HSL	hsl(273, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 60.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 55.25, -58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 80.42, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% 0.1215 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.205 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1738, 20.9134, 75.6728)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55AE4 #99E45A

analogous

#605AE4 #A55AE4 #E45ADE

triadic

#A55AE4 #E4A55A #5AE4A5

tetradic

#A55AE4 #E4605A #99E45A #5ADEE4

square

#A55AE4 #E4605A #99E45A #5ADEE4

split-complementary

#A55AE4 #DEE45A #5AE460

monochromatic

#681CA8 #8825DB #A55AE4 #C28FED #DEC3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#A55AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#A55AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55AE4

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55AE4	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#127CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 90, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.205 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48ced',
    500: '#a55ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ae4;
$custom-light: #c48ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.609,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61732,
    "c": 0.20501,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55AE4

secondary

#CBE6B4

accent

#D4126A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55AE4

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

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