#A55EAE#A55EAE

#A55EAE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.141 H 322.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55EAE
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 174)
HSL	hsl(293, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(293, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 46%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, 41.57, -30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 51.75, 323.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.1122 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.141 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1589, 19.0619, 42.2849)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55EAE #67AE5E

analogous

#7D5EAE #A55EAE #AE5E8F

triadic

#A55EAE #AEA55E #5EAEA5

tetradic

#A55EAE #AE7D5E #67AE5E #5E8FAE

square

#A55EAE #AE7D5E #67AE5E #5E8FAE

split-complementary

#A55EAE #8FAE5E #5EAE7D

monochromatic

#5B3161 #82458A #A55EAE #BC87C2 #D3AFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#A55EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#A55EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55EAE

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55EAE	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5474B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7687E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.141 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18ec6',
    500: '#a55eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55eae;
$custom-light: #c18ec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.25,
    "s": 33.058,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59258,
    "c": 0.14066,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55EAE

secondary

#A6C5A3

accent

#C95F6B

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#120C13

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55EAE

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

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