#A55EA2#A55EA2

#A55EA2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.129 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55EA2
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 162)
HSL	hsl(303, 28%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(303, 43%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 1.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, 39.26, -24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 46.33, 327.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.1098 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.129 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0409, 18.6147, 36.3967)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55EA2 #5EA561

analogous

#845EA5 #A55EA2 #A55E7E

triadic

#A55EA2 #A2A55E #5EA2A5

tetradic

#A55EA2 #A5845E #5EA561 #5E7EA5

square

#A55EA2 #A5845E #5EA561 #5E7EA5

split-complementary

#A55EA2 #7EA55E #5EA584

monochromatic

#583156 #7F477D #A55EA2 #BB85B9 #D1ADCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#A55EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#A55EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55EA2

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55EA2	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)

#5A72A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7BA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.129 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18ebd',
    500: '#a55ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ea2;
$custom-light: #c18ebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.535,
    "s": 28.287,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58693,
    "c": 0.12868,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55EA2

secondary

#A0BFA1

accent

#C56763

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F6

border

#D1CBD0

text

#120C12

muted

#817D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55EA2

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

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