#A55ED5#A55ED5

#A55ED5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.183 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55ED5
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 213)
HSL	hsl(276, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(276, 56%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 55.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, 49.82, -50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 70.68, 314.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% 0.1165 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.183 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5277, 20.8094, 65.2936)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55ED5 #8ED55E

analogous

#695ED5 #A55ED5 #D55ECA

triadic

#A55ED5 #D5A55E #5ED5A5

tetradic

#A55ED5 #D5695E #8ED55E #5ECAD5

square

#A55ED5 #D5695E #8ED55E #5ECAD5

split-complementary

#A55ED5 #CAD55E #5ED569

monochromatic

#672692 #8933C3 #A55ED5 #C08FE2 #DBBFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#A55ED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#A55ED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55ED5

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55ED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55ED5	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.183 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38ee2',
    500: '#a55ed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ed5;
$custom-light: #c38ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.798,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61366,
    "c": 0.18274,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55ED5

secondary

#C3DEB1

accent

#C61F63

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55ED5

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

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