#A55BE0#A55BE0

#A55BE0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.199 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55BE0
RGB	rgb(165, 91, 224)
HSL	hsl(273, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 59.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, 53.84, -56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 77.88, 313.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% 0.1204 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.199 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7099, 20.8637, 72.8105)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55BE0 #96E05B

analogous

#635BE0 #A55BE0 #E05BD9

triadic

#A55BE0 #E0A55B #5BE0A5

tetradic

#A55BE0 #E0635B #96E05B #5BD9E0

square

#A55BE0 #E0635B #96E05B #5BD9E0

split-complementary

#A55BE0 #D9E05B #5BE063

monochromatic

#681FA2 #8928D5 #A55BE0 #C18EEA #DDC2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#A55BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#A55BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55BE0

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55BE0	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#207BE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C7595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 91, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.199 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38dea',
    500: '#a55be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55be0;
$custom-light: #c38dea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.383,
    "s": 68.205,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61615,
    "c": 0.19925,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55BE0

secondary

#C9E4B3

accent

#D01568

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55BE0

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

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