#A55CD5#A55CD5

#A55CD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.186 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55CD5
RGB	rgb(165, 92, 213)
HSL	hsl(276, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(276, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 56.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, 50.85, -50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 71.85, 315.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% 0.119 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.186 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3521, 20.4583, 65.2351)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55CD5 #8CD55C

analogous

#685CD5 #A55CD5 #D55CC9

triadic

#A55CD5 #D5A55C #5CD5A5

tetradic

#A55CD5 #D5685C #8CD55C #5CC9D5

square

#A55CD5 #D5685C #8CD55C #5CC9D5

split-complementary

#A55CD5 #C9D55C #5CD568

monochromatic

#662591 #8932C2 #A55CD5 #C08DE2 #DBBDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#A55CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#A55CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55CD5

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55CD5	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#337AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 92, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.186 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38de2',
    500: '#a55cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55cd5;
$custom-light: #c38de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.198,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61081,
    "c": 0.18576,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55CD5

secondary

#C2DEAF

accent

#E24684

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55CD5

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

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