#A55AE6#A55AE6

#A55AE6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.207 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55AE6
RGB	rgb(165, 90, 230)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 60.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, 55.71, -59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 81.41, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% 0.1214 -0.1679)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.207 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4531, 21.0251, 77.1435)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55AE6 #9BE65A

analogous

#5F5AE6 #A55AE6 #E65AE1

triadic

#A55AE6 #E6A55A #5AE6A5

tetradic

#A55AE6 #E65F5A #9BE65A #5AE1E6

square

#A55AE6 #E65F5A #9BE65A #5AE1E6

split-complementary

#A55AE6 #E1E65A #5AE65F

monochromatic

#681AAC #8825DE #A55AE6 #C28FEE #DFC4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#A55AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#A55AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55AE6

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55AE6	1.00	4.03	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#097CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 90, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.207 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48cef',
    500: '#a55ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ae6;
$custom-light: #c48cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6186,
    "c": 0.20718,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55AE6

secondary

#CCE7B5

accent

#D6106C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55AE6

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

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