#A55AEE#A55AEE

#A55AEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.216 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55AEE
RGB	rgb(165, 90, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(270, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 62.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, 57.55, -63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 85.37, 312.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% 0.1211 -0.1787)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.216 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6024, 21.4848, 83.1964)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55AEE #A3EE5A

analogous

#5B5AEE #A55AEE #EE5AED

triadic

#A55AEE #EEA55A #5AEEA5

tetradic

#A55AEE #EE5B5A #A3EE5A #5AEDEE

square

#A55AEE #EE5B5A #A3EE5A #5AEDEE

split-complementary

#A55AEE #EDEE5A #5AEE5B

monochromatic

#6813BA #8723E8 #A55AEE #C391F4 #E2C9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#A55AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#A55AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55AEE

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55AEE	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3180EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97799C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 90, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.216 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48cf4',
    500: '#a55aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55aee;
$custom-light: #c48cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.405,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62381,
    "c": 0.21584,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55AEE

secondary

#D2ECB8

accent

#DE0871

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55AEE

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

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