#A55CD4#A55CD4

#A55CD4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.185 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55CD4
RGB	rgb(165, 92, 212)
HSL	hsl(277, 58%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(277, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 56.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 50.63, -50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 71.35, 315.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% 0.119 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.185 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2256, 20.4077, 64.5687)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55CD4 #8BD45C

analogous

#695CD4 #A55CD4 #D45CC7

triadic

#A55CD4 #D4A55C #5CD4A5

tetradic

#A55CD4 #D4695C #8BD45C #5CC7D4

square

#A55CD4 #D4695C #8BD45C #5CC7D4

split-complementary

#A55CD4 #C7D45C #5CD469

monochromatic

#662690 #8933C0 #A55CD4 #C08CE1 #DABDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#A55CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#A55CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55CD4

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55CD4	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3579D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507ED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F728F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 92, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.185 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38de2',
    500: '#a55cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55cd4;
$custom-light: #c38de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.5,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61022,
    "c": 0.18467,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55CD4

secondary

#C1DDAF

accent

#E14683

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55CD4

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

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