#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
RGBrgb(165, 90, 230)
HSLhsl(272, 74%, 63%)
HSVhsv(272, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(28.3%, 60.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(52.98, 55.71, -59.37)
CIE-LCHlch(52.98, 81.41, 313.18°)
OKLaboklab(61.86% 0.1214 -0.1679)
OKLCHoklch(61.86% 0.207 305.9)
XYZxyz(33.4531, 21.0251, 77.1435)
Luminance0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##A55AE61.004.035.205.20
#FFFFFF4.031.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2021.001.001.00
##0000005.2021.001.001.00

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

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#A55AE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva