#A55BE1#A55BE1

#A55BE1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.200 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55BE1
RGB	rgb(165, 91, 225)
HSL	hsl(273, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 59.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, 54.06, -56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 78.37, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% 0.1204 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.2 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8459, 20.9181, 73.5268)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55BE1 #97E15B

analogous

#625BE1 #A55BE1 #E15BDA

triadic

#A55BE1 #E1A55B #5BE1A5

tetradic

#A55BE1 #E1625B #97E15B #5BDAE1

square

#A55BE1 #E1625B #97E15B #5BDAE1

split-complementary

#A55BE1 #DAE15B #5BE162

monochromatic

#681EA4 #8927D7 #A55BE1 #C18FEA #DEC2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#A55BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#A55BE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55BE1

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55BE1	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E7CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 91, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.200 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38deb',
    500: '#a55be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55be1;
$custom-light: #c38deb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.134,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61677,
    "c": 0.20034,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55BE1

secondary

#C9E5B3

accent

#D11469

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55BE1

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

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