#A55AE9#A55AE9

#A55AE9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.210 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55AE9
RGB	rgb(165, 90, 233)
HSL	hsl(271, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(271, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 61.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.16, 56.40, -60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.16, 82.90, 312.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% 0.1213 -0.1719)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.21 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8780, 21.1951, 79.3813)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55AE9 #9EE95A

analogous

#5D5AE9 #A55AE9 #E95AE5

triadic

#A55AE9 #E9A55A #5AE9A5

tetradic

#A55AE9 #E95D5A #9EE95A #5AE5E9

square

#A55AE9 #E95D5A #9EE95A #5AE5E9

split-complementary

#A55AE9 #E5E95A #5AE95D

monochromatic

#6818B1 #8824E2 #A55AE9 #C290F0 #E0C6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#A55AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#A55AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55AE9

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55AE9	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397FE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 90, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.210 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48cf1',
    500: '#a55ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ae9;
$custom-light: #c48cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.469,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62054,
    "c": 0.21043,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55AE9

secondary

#CEE9B6

accent

#D90D6E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55AE9

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

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