#A55BB5#A55BB5

#A55BB5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.153 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55BB5
RGB	rgb(165, 91, 181)
HSL	hsl(289, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(289, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 49.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.47, 44.56, -35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.47, 56.87, 321.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.1177 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.153 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5976, 18.8188, 45.8858)
Luminance	0.1882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55BB5 #6BB55B

analogous

#785BB5 #A55BB5 #B55B98

triadic

#A55BB5 #B5A55B #5BB5A5

tetradic

#A55BB5 #B5785B #6BB55B #5B98B5

square

#A55BB5 #B5785B #6BB55B #5B98B5

split-complementary

#A55BB5 #98B55B #5BB578

monochromatic

#5D2F67 #834291 #A55BB5 #BC85C8 #D3AFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#A55BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#A55BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55BB5

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55BB5	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C73B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 91, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.153 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28ccb',
    500: '#a55bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55bb5;
$custom-light: #c28ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.333,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59154,
    "c": 0.153,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55BB5

secondary

#A9C9A3

accent

#CE5A6F

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#130C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55BB5

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

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