#A55AE7#A55AE7

#A55AE7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.208 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55AE7
RGB	rgb(165, 90, 231)
HSL	hsl(272, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 61%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.04, 55.94, -59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.04, 81.91, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% 0.1214 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.208 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5939, 21.0814, 77.8852)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55AE7 #9CE75A

analogous

#5E5AE7 #A55AE7 #E75AE2

triadic

#A55AE7 #E7A55A #5AE7A5

tetradic

#A55AE7 #E75E5A #9CE75A #5AE2E7

square

#A55AE7 #E75E5A #9CE75A #5AE2E7

split-complementary

#A55AE7 #E2E75A #5AE75E

monochromatic

#6819AD #8825DF #A55AE7 #C28FEF #DFC5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#A55AE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#A55AE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55AE7

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55AE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55AE7	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#047CEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7FE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 90, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.208 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48cef',
    500: '#a55ae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ae7;
$custom-light: #c48cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.915,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61924,
    "c": 0.20827,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55AE7

secondary

#CDE8B5

accent

#D70F6C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55AE7

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

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