#A55AE5#A55AE5

#A55AE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.206 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55AE5
RGB	rgb(165, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.92, 55.48, -58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.92, 80.92, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.1215 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.206 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3131, 20.9691, 76.4060)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55AE5 #9AE55A

analogous

#5F5AE5 #A55AE5 #E55AE0

triadic

#A55AE5 #E5A55A #5AE5A5

tetradic

#A55AE5 #E55F5A #9AE55A #5AE0E5

square

#A55AE5 #E55F5A #9AE55A #5AE0E5

split-complementary

#A55AE5 #E0E55A #5AE55F

monochromatic

#681BAA #8825DD #A55AE5 #C28FED #DFC4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#A55AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#A55AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55AE5

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55AE5	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E7CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.206 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48cee',
    500: '#a55ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ae5;
$custom-light: #c48cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.374,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61796,
    "c": 0.2061,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55AE5

secondary

#CBE7B4

accent

#D5116B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55AE5

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

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