#A55CE3#A55CE3

#A55CE3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.201 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55CE3
RGB	rgb(165, 92, 227)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 59.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, 54.02, -57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 78.80, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% 0.1191 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.201 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2064, 21.2000, 75.0008)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55CE3 #9AE35C

analogous

#615CE3 #A55CE3 #E35CDE

triadic

#A55CE3 #E3A55C #5CE3A5

tetradic

#A55CE3 #E3615C #9AE35C #5CDEE3

square

#A55CE3 #E3615C #9AE35C #5CDEE3

split-complementary

#A55CE3 #DEE35C #5CE361

monochromatic

#681DA8 #8828DA #A55CE3 #C290EC #DFC4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#A55CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#A55CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55CE3

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55CE3	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D7DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 92, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.201 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38dec',
    500: '#a55ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ce3;
$custom-light: #c38dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.444,
    "s": 70.681,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6194,
    "c": 0.20109,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55CE3

secondary

#CBE6B5

accent

#D3136B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55CE3

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

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