#A55EA1#A55EA1

#A55EA1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.128 H 329.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55EA1
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 161)
HSL	hsl(303, 28%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(303, 43%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 2.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 39.07, -24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 45.90, 328.35°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% 0.1096 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.128 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9524, 18.5793, 35.9305)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55EA1 #5EA562

analogous

#855EA5 #A55EA1 #A55E7D

triadic

#A55EA1 #A1A55E #5EA1A5

tetradic

#A55EA1 #A5855E #5EA562 #5E7DA5

square

#A55EA1 #A5855E #5EA562 #5E7DA5

split-complementary

#A55EA1 #7DA55E #5EA585

monochromatic

#583155 #7F477C #A55EA1 #BB85B8 #D1ADCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#A55EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#A55EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55EA1

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55EA1	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A71A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.128 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18ebd',
    500: '#a55ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ea1;
$custom-light: #c18ebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.38,
    "s": 28.287,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58648,
    "c": 0.12771,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55EA1

secondary

#A0BFA1

accent

#C56963

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F6

border

#D1CBD0

text

#120C12

muted

#817D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55EA1

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

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