#A55CEE#A55CEE

#A55CEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.213 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55CEE
RGB	rgb(165, 92, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(270, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 61.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, 56.56, -62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 84.27, 312.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% 0.1188 -0.1769)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.213 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7733, 21.8268, 83.2534)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55CEE #A5EE5C

analogous

#5C5CEE #A55CEE #EE5CEE

triadic

#A55CEE #EEA55C #5CEEA5

tetradic

#A55CEE #EE5C5C #A5EE5C #5CEEEE

square

#A55CEE #EE5C5C #A5EE5C #5CEEEE

split-complementary

#A55CEE #EEEE5C #5CEE5C

monochromatic

#6814BC #8625E8 #A55CEE #C493F4 #E2CBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#A55CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#A55CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55CEE

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55CEE	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3581EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 92, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.213 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48ef4',
    500: '#a55cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55cee;
$custom-light: #c48ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62647,
    "c": 0.21313,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55CEE

secondary

#D3ECBA

accent

#DD0873

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55CEE

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

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