#A55BE3#A55BE3

#A55BE3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.203 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55BE3
RGB	rgb(165, 91, 227)
HSL	hsl(273, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 59.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, 54.52, -57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 79.37, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.1203 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.203 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1203, 21.0279, 74.9721)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55BE3 #99E35B

analogous

#615BE3 #A55BE3 #E35BDD

triadic

#A55BE3 #E3A55B #5BE3A5

tetradic

#A55BE3 #E3615B #99E35B #5BDDE3

square

#A55BE3 #E3615B #99E35B #5BDDE3

split-complementary

#A55BE3 #DDE35B #5BE361

monochromatic

#681DA7 #8827DA #A55BE3 #C28FEC #DEC4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#A55BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#A55BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55BE3

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55BE3	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A7CE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 91, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.203 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38dec',
    500: '#a55be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55be3;
$custom-light: #c38dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.647,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61803,
    "c": 0.20252,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55BE3

secondary

#CBE6B4

accent

#D3136A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55BE3

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

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