#A55BA5#A55BA5

#A55BA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.137 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55BA5
RGB	rgb(165, 91, 165)
HSL	hsl(300, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 45%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.74, 41.43, -27.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.74, 49.53, 326.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.37% 0.115 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(58.37% 0.137 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0492, 18.1994, 37.7308)
Luminance	0.1820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55BA5 #5BA55B

analogous

#805BA5 #A55BA5 #A55B80

triadic

#A55BA5 #A5A55B #5BA5A5

tetradic

#A55BA5 #A5805B #5BA55B #5B80A5

square

#A55BA5 #A5805B #5BA55B #5B80A5

split-complementary

#A55BA5 #80A55B #5BA580

monochromatic

#562F56 #7E457E #A55BA5 #BB83BB #D0AAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#A55BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#A55BA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55BA5

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55BA5	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5570A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 91, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.137 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18cc0',
    500: '#a55ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ba5;
$custom-light: #c18cc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 29.134,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58365,
    "c": 0.13686,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55BA5

secondary

#9DBE9D

accent

#C56262

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F7

border

#D1CBD0

text

#120C12

muted

#817D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55BA5

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

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