#A55CD3#A55CD3

#A55CD3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.184 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55CD3
RGB	rgb(165, 92, 211)
HSL	hsl(277, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(277, 56%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 56.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, 50.41, -49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 70.86, 315.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.119 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.184 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0999, 20.3574, 63.9064)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55CD3 #8AD35C

analogous

#6A5CD3 #A55CD3 #D35CC5

triadic

#A55CD3 #D3A55C #5CD3A5

tetradic

#A55CD3 #D36A5C #8AD35C #5CC5D3

square

#A55CD3 #D36A5C #8AD35C #5CC5D3

split-complementary

#A55CD3 #C5D35C #5CD36A

monochromatic

#66268E #8933BE #A55CD3 #C08CE0 #DABCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#A55CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#A55CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55CD3

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55CD3	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3679D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F718F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 92, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.184 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38de1',
    500: '#a55cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55cd3;
$custom-light: #c38de1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.807,
    "s": 57.488,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60962,
    "c": 0.18357,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55CD3

secondary

#C0DDAE

accent

#E14782

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55CD3

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

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