#A55CE6#A55CE6

#A55CE6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.204 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55CE6
RGB	rgb(165, 92, 230)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 60%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, 54.71, -58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 80.29, 312.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.1191 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.204 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6240, 21.3670, 77.2005)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55CE6 #9DE65C

analogous

#605CE6 #A55CE6 #E65CE2

triadic

#A55CE6 #E6A55C #5CE6A5

tetradic

#A55CE6 #E6605C #9DE65C #5CE2E6

square

#A55CE6 #E6605C #9DE65C #5CE2E6

split-complementary

#A55CE6 #E2E65C #5CE660

monochromatic

#681BAD #8827DE #A55CE6 #C291EE #E0C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#A55CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#A55CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55CE6

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55CE6	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#167DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F80E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 92, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.204 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48eef',
    500: '#a55ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ce6;
$custom-light: #c48eef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.739,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6213,
    "c": 0.20438,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55CE6

secondary

#CDE8B6

accent

#D6106D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55CE6

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

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