#A55CE4#A55CE4

#A55CE4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.202 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55CE4
RGB	rgb(165, 92, 228)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 59.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, 54.25, -57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 79.30, 313.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.1191 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.202 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3448, 21.2554, 75.7298)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55CE4 #9BE45C

analogous

#615CE4 #A55CE4 #E45CDF

triadic

#A55CE4 #E4A55C #5CE4A5

tetradic

#A55CE4 #E4615C #9BE45C #5CDFE4

square

#A55CE4 #E4615C #9BE45C #5CDFE4

split-complementary

#A55CE4 #DFE45C #5CE461

monochromatic

#681CAA #8827DB #A55CE4 #C291ED #DFC5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#A55CE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#A55CE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55CE4

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55CE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55CE4	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B7DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4180E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 92, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.202 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38ded',
    500: '#a55ce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ce4;
$custom-light: #c38ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.206,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62003,
    "c": 0.20219,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55CE4

secondary

#CCE7B5

accent

#D4126C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55CE4

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

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