#A55BE7#A55BE7

#A55BE7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.207 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55BE7
RGB	rgb(165, 91, 231)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 60.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, 55.44, -59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 81.35, 312.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.1202 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.207 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6788, 21.2513, 77.9135)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55BE7 #9DE75B

analogous

#5F5BE7 #A55BE7 #E75BE3

triadic

#A55BE7 #E7A55B #5BE7A5

tetradic

#A55BE7 #E75F5B #9DE75B #5BE3E7

square

#A55BE7 #E75F5B #9DE75B #5BE3E7

split-complementary

#A55BE7 #E3E75B #5BE75F

monochromatic

#6819AE #8826DF #A55BE7 #C290EF #E0C6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#A55BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#A55BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55BE7

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55BE7	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C7DEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D7FE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 91, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.207 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48def',
    500: '#a55be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55be7;
$custom-light: #c48def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.714,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62058,
    "c": 0.20687,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55BE7

secondary

#CDE8B6

accent

#D70F6D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55BE7

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

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