#A55BCD#A55BCD

#A55BCD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.179 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55BCD
RGB	rgb(165, 91, 205)
HSL	hsl(279, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(279, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 55.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 49.61, -47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 68.48, 316.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.12 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.179 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2756, 19.8900, 59.9901)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55BCD #83CD5B

analogous

#6C5BCD #A55BCD #CD5BBC

triadic

#A55BCD #CDA55B #5BCDA5

tetradic

#A55BCD #CD6C5B #83CD5B #5BBCCD

square

#A55BCD #CD6C5B #83CD5B #5BBCCD

split-complementary

#A55BCD #BCCD5B #5BCD6C

monochromatic

#652985 #8837B4 #A55BCD #BF8ADB #D8B9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#A55BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#A55BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55BCD

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55BCD	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A77D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 91, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.179 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28cdd',
    500: '#a55bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55bcd;
$custom-light: #c28cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.947,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60469,
    "c": 0.17857,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55BCD

secondary

#BBD9AB

accent

#DD4B7E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55BCD

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

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