#A55DB5#A55DB5

#A55DB5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.150 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55DB5
RGB	rgb(165, 93, 181)
HSL	hsl(289, 37%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(289, 49%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 48.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, 43.51, -34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 55.65, 321.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% 0.1148 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.15 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7709, 19.1653, 45.9435)
Luminance	0.1916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55DB5 #6DB55D

analogous

#795DB5 #A55DB5 #B55D99

triadic

#A55DB5 #B5A55D #5DB5A5

tetradic

#A55DB5 #B5795D #6DB55D #5D99B5

square

#A55DB5 #B5795D #6DB55D #5D99B5

split-complementary

#A55DB5 #99B55D #5DB579

monochromatic

#5E3068 #844392 #A55DB5 #BC87C8 #D4B1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#A55DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#A55DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55DB5

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55DB5	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F74B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 93, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.150 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18dcb',
    500: '#a55db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55db5;
$custom-light: #c18dcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 37.288,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59454,
    "c": 0.14963,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55DB5

secondary

#ABCAA4

accent

#CD5B6F

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#130C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55DB5

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

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