#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
RGB	rgb(165, 91, 228)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 60.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.04, 54.75, -58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.04, 79.86, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.1203 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.204 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2587, 21.0832, 75.7011)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##A55BE4	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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