#A55EA4#A55EA4

#A55EA4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.131 H 327.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55EA4
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 164)
HSL	hsl(301, 28%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(301, 43%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 0.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.32, 39.63, -25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.32, 47.21, 327.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.1103 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.131 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2201, 18.6864, 37.3405)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55EA4 #5EA55F

analogous

#825EA5 #A55EA4 #A55E80

triadic

#A55EA4 #A4A55E #5EA4A5

tetradic

#A55EA4 #A5825E #5EA55F #5E80A5

square

#A55EA4 #A5825E #5EA55F #5E80A5

split-complementary

#A55EA4 #80A55E #5EA582

monochromatic

#583157 #7F477E #A55EA4 #BB85BA #D1ADD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#A55EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#A55EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55EA4

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55EA4	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5972A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.131 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18ebf',
    500: '#a55ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ea4;
$custom-light: #c18ebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.845,
    "s": 28.287,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58784,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55EA4

secondary

#A0BFA0

accent

#C56563

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F7

border

#D1CBD0

text

#120C12

muted

#817D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55EA4

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

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