#A55BD4#A55BD4

#A55BD4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.186 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55BD4
RGB	rgb(165, 91, 212)
HSL	hsl(277, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(277, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 57.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, 51.14, -50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 71.94, 315.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% 0.1203 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.186 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1396, 20.2356, 64.5400)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55BD4 #8AD45B

analogous

#695BD4 #A55BD4 #D45BC7

triadic

#A55BD4 #D4A55B #5BD4A5

tetradic

#A55BD4 #D4695B #8AD45B #5BC7D4

square

#A55BD4 #D4695B #8AD45B #5BC7D4

split-complementary

#A55BD4 #C7D45B #5BD469

monochromatic

#66268F #8932C0 #A55BD4 #C08BE1 #DABCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#A55BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#A55BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55BD4

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55BD4	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3379D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7ED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F718F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 91, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.186 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38de2',
    500: '#a55bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55bd4;
$custom-light: #c38de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.694,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60881,
    "c": 0.18617,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55BD4

secondary

#C0DDAE

accent

#E24683

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55BD4

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

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