#A55CAE#A55CAE

#A55CAE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.144 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55CAE
RGB	rgb(165, 92, 174)
HSL	hsl(293, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(293, 47%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 47.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 42.64, -31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 52.99, 323.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.1152 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.144 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9834, 18.7108, 42.2264)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55CAE #65AE5C

analogous

#7C5CAE #A55CAE #AE5C8E

triadic

#A55CAE #AEA55C #5CAEA5

tetradic

#A55CAE #AE7C5C #65AE5C #5C8EAE

square

#A55CAE #AE7C5C #65AE5C #5C8EAE

split-complementary

#A55CAE #8EAE5C #5CAE7C

monochromatic

#5B3060 #814489 #A55CAE #BC85C2 #D2AED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#A55CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#A55CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55CAE

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55CAE	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5172B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7667D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 92, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.144 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18cc6',
    500: '#a55cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55cae;
$custom-light: #c18cc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.415,
    "s": 33.607,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58951,
    "c": 0.1441,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55CAE

secondary

#A5C5A1

accent

#CA5E6A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#130C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55CAE

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

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