#A55CA5#A55CA5

#A55CA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.135 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55CA5
RGB	rgb(165, 92, 165)
HSL	hsl(300, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 44%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, 40.90, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 48.91, 326.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.52% 0.1135 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(58.52% 0.135 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1352, 18.3715, 37.7594)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55CA5 #5CA55C

analogous

#805CA5 #A55CA5 #A55C80

triadic

#A55CA5 #A5A55C #5CA5A5

tetradic

#A55CA5 #A5805C #5CA55C #5C80A5

square

#A55CA5 #A5805C #5CA55C #5C80A5

split-complementary

#A55CA5 #80A55C #5CA580

monochromatic

#573057 #7E467E #A55CA5 #BB83BB #D1ABD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#A55CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#A55CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55CA5

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55CA5	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5671A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 92, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.135 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18cc0',
    500: '#a55ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ca5;
$custom-light: #c18cc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 28.854,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58519,
    "c": 0.13511,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55CA5

secondary

#9EBF9E

accent

#C56363

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F7

border

#D1CBD0

text

#120C12

muted

#817D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55CA5

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

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