#A55ED4#A55ED4

#A55ED4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.182 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55ED4
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 212)
HSL	hsl(276, 58%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(276, 56%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 55.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 49.60, -49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 70.18, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% 0.1164 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.182 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4012, 20.7588, 64.6272)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55ED4 #8DD45E

analogous

#6A5ED4 #A55ED4 #D45EC8

triadic

#A55ED4 #D4A55E #5ED4A5

tetradic

#A55ED4 #D46A5E #8DD45E #5EC8D4

square

#A55ED4 #D46A5E #8DD45E #5EC8D4

split-complementary

#A55ED4 #C8D45E #5ED46A

monochromatic

#672791 #8934C1 #A55ED4 #C08EE1 #DBBFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#A55ED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#A55ED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55ED4

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55ED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55ED4	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#397BD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527FD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.182 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38ee2',
    500: '#a55ed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ed4;
$custom-light: #c38ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.102,
    "s": 57.843,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61307,
    "c": 0.18163,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55ED4

secondary

#C2DEB0

accent

#E14784

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55ED4

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

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