#A55BEE#A55BEE

#A55BEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.214 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55BEE
RGB	rgb(165, 91, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(270, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 61.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, 57.06, -62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 84.82, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.1199 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.214 304)
XYZ	xyz(34.6873, 21.6547, 83.2247)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55BEE #A4EE5B

analogous

#5C5BEE #A55BEE #EE5BED

triadic

#A55BEE #EEA55B #5BEEA5

tetradic

#A55BEE #EE5C5B #A4EE5B #5BEDEE

square

#A55BEE #EE5C5B #A4EE5B #5BEDEE

split-complementary

#A55BEE #EDEE5B #5BEE5C

monochromatic

#6813BB #8724E8 #A55BEE #C392F4 #E2CAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#A55BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#A55BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55BEE

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55BEE	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3380EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 91, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.214 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48df4',
    500: '#a55bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55bee;
$custom-light: #c48df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.204,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62513,
    "c": 0.21449,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.21655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55BEE

secondary

#D2ECB9

accent

#DE0872

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55BEE

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

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