#A55ECD#A55ECD

#A55ECD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.174 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55ECD
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 205)
HSL	hsl(278, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 54.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 48.05, -46.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 66.71, 316.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% 0.116 -0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.174 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5372, 20.4132, 60.0773)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55ECD #86CD5E

analogous

#6D5ECD #A55ECD #CD5EBE

triadic

#A55ECD #CDA55E #5ECDA5

tetradic

#A55ECD #CD6D5E #86CD5E #5EBECD

square

#A55ECD #CD6D5E #86CD5E #5EBECD

split-complementary

#A55ECD #BECD5E #5ECD6D

monochromatic

#652A87 #8838B5 #A55ECD #BF8DDC #D9BBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#A55ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#A55ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55ECD

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55ECD	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F79D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1718D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.174 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28edd',
    500: '#a55ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ecd;
$custom-light: #c28edd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.378,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60902,
    "c": 0.17391,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55ECD

secondary

#BDD9AD

accent

#DC4C80

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55ECD

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

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