#A55CD1#A55CD1

#A55CD1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.181 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55CD1
RGB	rgb(165, 92, 209)
HSL	hsl(277, 56%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(277, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 56%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, 49.97, -48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 69.87, 315.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.1189 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.181 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8507, 20.2577, 62.5942)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55CD1 #88D15C

analogous

#6B5CD1 #A55CD1 #D15CC3

triadic

#A55CD1 #D1A55C #5CD1A5

tetradic

#A55CD1 #D16B5C #88D15C #5CC3D1

square

#A55CD1 #D16B5C #88D15C #5CC3D1

split-complementary

#A55CD1 #C3D15C #5CD16B

monochromatic

#66278B #8935BB #A55CD1 #BF8CDE #DABBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#A55CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#A55CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55CD1

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55CD1	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3879D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527ECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0718E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 92, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.181 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28de0',
    500: '#a55cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55cd1;
$custom-light: #c28de0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.436,
    "s": 55.981,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60845,
    "c": 0.18139,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55CD1

secondary

#BFDBAD

accent

#DF4981

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55CD1

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

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