#A55BBB#A55BBB

#A55BBB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.159 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55BBB
RGB	rgb(165, 91, 187)
HSL	hsl(286, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(286, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 51.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.77, 45.79, -38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.77, 59.73, 320.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% 0.1185 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.159 318)
XYZ	xyz(28.2265, 19.0704, 49.1982)
Luminance	0.1907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55BBB #71BB5B

analogous

#755BBB #A55BBB #BB5BA1

triadic

#A55BBB #BBA55B #5BBBA5

tetradic

#A55BBB #BB755B #71BB5B #5BA1BB

square

#A55BBB #BB755B #71BB5B #5BA1BB

split-complementary

#A55BBB #A1BB5B #5BBB75

monochromatic

#5F2E6E #854099 #A55BBB #BD86CD #D4B2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#A55BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#A55BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55BBB

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55BBB	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4874BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 91, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.159 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28cd0',
    500: '#a55bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55bbb;
$custom-light: #c28cd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.25,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59468,
    "c": 0.15929,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.19069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55BBB

secondary

#AECDA5

accent

#D15773

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55BBB

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

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