#A55DE6#A55DE6

#A55DE6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.203 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55DE6
RGB	rgb(165, 93, 230)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 59.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, 54.20, -58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 79.73, 312.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% 0.1179 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.203 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7112, 21.5414, 77.2295)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55DE6 #9EE65D

analogous

#605DE6 #A55DE6 #E65DE2

triadic

#A55DE6 #E6A55D #5DE6A5

tetradic

#A55DE6 #E6605D #9EE65D #5DE2E6

square

#A55DE6 #E6605D #9EE65D #5DE2E6

split-complementary

#A55DE6 #E2E65D #5DE660

monochromatic

#681BAE #8828DE #A55DE6 #C292EE #E0C7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#A55DE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#A55DE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55DE6

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55DE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55DE6	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A7EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4080E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55de6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 93, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.203 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48eef',
    500: '#a55de6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55de6;
$custom-light: #c48eef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55de6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.533,
    "s": 73.262,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62267,
    "c": 0.20297,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55DE6

secondary

#CEE8B7

accent

#D5106E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55DE6

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

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