#A55EE6#A55EE6

#A55EE6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.202 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55EE6
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 230)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(271, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 59.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, 53.69, -58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 79.16, 312.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% 0.1167 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.202 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7996, 21.7181, 77.2590)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55EE6 #9FE65E

analogous

#615EE6 #A55EE6 #E65EE3

triadic

#A55EE6 #E6A55E #5EE6A5

tetradic

#A55EE6 #E6615E #9FE65E #5EE3E6

square

#A55EE6 #E6615E #9FE65E #5EE3E6

split-complementary

#A55EE6 #E3E65E #5EE661

monochromatic

#681BAF #8729DE #A55EE6 #C393EE #E0C8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#A55EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#A55EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55EE6

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55EE6	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E7EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4281E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.202 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38fef',
    500: '#a55ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ee6;
$custom-light: #c38fef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.324,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62405,
    "c": 0.20155,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55EE6

secondary

#CFE8B8

accent

#D5106E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55EE6

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

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