#A55EE3#A55EE3

#A55EE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.198 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55EE3
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 227)
HSL	hsl(272, 70%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 58.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, 53.00, -56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 77.66, 313.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.1167 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.198 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3819, 21.5511, 75.0593)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55EE3 #9CE35E

analogous

#625EE3 #A55EE3 #E35EDE

triadic

#A55EE3 #E3A55E #5EE3A5

tetradic

#A55EE3 #E3625E #9CE35E #5EDEE3

square

#A55EE3 #E3625E #9CE35E #5EDEE3

split-complementary

#A55EE3 #DEE35E #5EE362

monochromatic

#681DA9 #882ADA #A55EE3 #C292EC #DFC6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#A55EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#A55EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55EE3

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55EE3	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#247EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4580E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.198 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38fec',
    500: '#a55ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ee3;
$custom-light: #c38fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.03,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62217,
    "c": 0.19823,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55EE3

secondary

#CDE6B6

accent

#D2136C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55EE3

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

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