#A55DCD#A55DCD

#A55DCD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.175 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55DCD
RGB	rgb(165, 93, 205)
HSL	hsl(279, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(279, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 54.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, 48.57, -46.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 67.31, 316.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% 0.1174 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.175 312)
XYZ	xyz(30.4489, 20.2365, 60.0478)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55DCD #85CD5D

analogous

#6D5DCD #A55DCD #CD5DBD

triadic

#A55DCD #CDA55D #5DCDA5

tetradic

#A55DCD #CD6D5D #85CD5D #5DBDCD

square

#A55DCD #CD6D5D #85CD5D #5DBDCD

split-complementary

#A55DCD #BDCD5D #5DCD6D

monochromatic

#652986 #8838B5 #A55DCD #BF8CDB #D9BBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#A55DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#A55DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55DCD

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55DCD	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E79D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1708C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 93, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.175 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28edd',
    500: '#a55dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55dcd;
$custom-light: #c28edd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60756,
    "c": 0.17547,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.20236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55DCD

secondary

#BDD9AD

accent

#DC4C7F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55DCD

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

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