#A55EA6#A55EA6

#A55EA6 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.133 H 326.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55EA6
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 166)
HSL	hsl(299, 29%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(299, 43%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 43.4%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.40, 40.01, -26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.40, 48.10, 326.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% 0.1107 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.133 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4022, 18.7592, 38.2992)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55EA6 #5FA65E

analogous

#815EA6 #A55EA6 #A65E83

triadic

#A55EA6 #A6A55E #5EA6A5

tetradic

#A55EA6 #A6815E #5FA65E #5E83A6

square

#A55EA6 #A6815E #5FA65E #5E83A6

split-complementary

#A55EA6 #83A65E #5EA681

monochromatic

#583159 #7F4780 #A55EA6 #BB85BC #D1ADD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#A55EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#A55EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55EA6

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55EA6	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5872A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9657A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.133 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18ec0',
    500: '#a55ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ea6;
$custom-light: #c18ec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.167,
    "s": 28.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58877,
    "c": 0.13258,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55EA6

secondary

#A0C0A0

accent

#C56364

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F7

border

#D1CBD0

text

#120C12

muted

#817D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55EA6

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

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