#A55BE5#A55BE5

#A55BE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.205 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55BE5
RGB	rgb(165, 91, 229)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 60.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, 54.98, -58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 80.36, 313.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% 0.1203 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.205 306)
XYZ	xyz(33.3980, 21.1389, 76.4343)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55BE5 #9BE55B

analogous

#605BE5 #A55BE5 #E55BE0

triadic

#A55BE5 #E5A55B #5BE5A5

tetradic

#A55BE5 #E5605B #9BE55B #5BE0E5

square

#A55BE5 #E5605B #9BE55B #5BE0E5

split-complementary

#A55BE5 #E0E55B #5BE560

monochromatic

#681BAB #8826DD #A55BE5 #C290ED #DFC5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#A55BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#A55BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55BE5

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55BE5	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#147CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 91, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.205 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48dee',
    500: '#a55be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55be5;
$custom-light: #c48dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.174,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6193,
    "c": 0.20469,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.21139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55BE5

secondary

#CCE7B5

accent

#D5116C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55BE5

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

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