#A55BD3#A55BD3

#A55BD3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.185 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55BD3
RGB	rgb(165, 91, 211)
HSL	hsl(277, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(277, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 56.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.05, 50.92, -50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.05, 71.44, 315.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% 0.1202 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.185 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0138, 20.1853, 63.8778)
Luminance	0.2019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55BD3 #89D35B

analogous

#695BD3 #A55BD3 #D35BC5

triadic

#A55BD3 #D3A55B #5BD3A5

tetradic

#A55BD3 #D3695B #89D35B #5BC5D3

square

#A55BD3 #D3695B #89D35B #5BC5D3

split-complementary

#A55BD3 #C5D35B #5BD369

monochromatic

#66268E #8933BE #A55BD3 #BF8BE0 #DABCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#A55BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#A55BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55BD3

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55BD3	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3479D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507DD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F718E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 91, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.185 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38ce1',
    500: '#a55bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55bd3;
$custom-light: #c38ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60821,
    "c": 0.18509,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55BD3

secondary

#BFDCAD

accent

#E14782

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55BD3

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

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