#A55BE2#A55BE2

#A55BE2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.201 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55BE2
RGB	rgb(165, 91, 226)
HSL	hsl(273, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 59.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.92, 54.29, -57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.92, 78.87, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% 0.1204 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.201 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9827, 20.9728, 74.2474)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55BE2 #98E25B

analogous

#625BE2 #A55BE2 #E25BDB

triadic

#A55BE2 #E2A55B #5BE2A5

tetradic

#A55BE2 #E2625B #98E25B #5BDBE2

square

#A55BE2 #E2625B #98E25B #5BDBE2

split-complementary

#A55BE2 #DBE25B #5BE262

monochromatic

#681DA5 #8827D9 #A55BE2 #C28FEB #DEC3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#A55BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#A55BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55BE2

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55BE2	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C7CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 91, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.201 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38dec',
    500: '#a55be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55be2;
$custom-light: #c38dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.889,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6174,
    "c": 0.20143,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55BE2

secondary

#CAE5B4

accent

#D2146A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55BE2

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

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