#A55BE4#A55BE4

#A55BE4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.204 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A55BE4
RGBrgb(165, 91, 228)
HSLhsl(272, 72%, 63%)
HSVhsv(272, 60%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(27.6%, 60.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(53.04, 54.75, -58.14)
CIE-LCHlch(53.04, 79.86, 313.28°)
OKLaboklab(61.87% 0.1203 -0.1643)
OKLCHoklch(61.87% 0.204 306.2)
XYZxyz(33.2587, 21.0832, 75.7011)
Luminance0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A55BE4 #9AE45B
analogous
#615BE4 #A55BE4 #E45BDE
triadic
#A55BE4 #E4A55B #5BE4A5
tetradic
#A55BE4 #E4615B #9AE45B #5BDEE4
square
#A55BE4 #E4615B #9AE45B #5BDEE4
split-complementary
#A55BE4 #DEE45B #5BE461
monochromatic
#681CA9 #8826DB #A55BE4 #C290ED #DFC4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03
#A55BE4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22
#A55BE4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55BE4
5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A55BE4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A55BE41.004.035.225.22
#FFFFFF4.031.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2221.001.001.00
##0000005.2221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#177CE8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#407FE1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9B7697
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a55be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 91, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.204 306.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48ded',
    500: '#a55be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a55be4;
$custom-light: #c48ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a55be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.409,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61867,
    "c": 0.20361,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A55BE4
secondary
#CBE6B4
accent
#D4126B
background
#FCF8FE
surface
#F8F0FD
border
#D1CBD5
text
#130C16
muted
#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55BE4

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#A55BE4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva