#A55CE2#A55CE2

#A55CE2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.200 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55CE2
RGB	rgb(165, 92, 226)
HSL	hsl(273, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 59.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, 53.79, -56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 78.30, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% 0.1191 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.2 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0688, 21.1449, 74.2760)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55CE2 #99E25C

analogous

#625CE2 #A55CE2 #E25CDC

triadic

#A55CE2 #E2A55C #5CE2A5

tetradic

#A55CE2 #E2625C #99E25C #5CDCE2

square

#A55CE2 #E2625C #99E25C #5CDCE2

split-complementary

#A55CE2 #DCE25C #5CE262

monochromatic

#681EA6 #8828D9 #A55CE2 #C290EB #DEC4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#A55CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#A55CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55CE2

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55CE2	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#207CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 92, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.200 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38dec',
    500: '#a55ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ce2;
$custom-light: #c38dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.687,
    "s": 69.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61877,
    "c": 0.2,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55CE2

secondary

#CBE5B4

accent

#D2146A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55CE2

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

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