#A55EE8#A55EE8

#A55EE8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.204 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55EE8
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 232)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(271, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 59.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, 54.16, -59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 80.16, 312.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.1167 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.204 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0821, 21.8311, 78.7466)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55EE8 #A1E85E

analogous

#605EE8 #A55EE8 #E85EE6

triadic

#A55EE8 #E8A55E #5EE8A5

tetradic

#A55EE8 #E8605E #A1E85E #5EE6E8

square

#A55EE8 #E8605E #A1E85E #5EE6E8

split-complementary

#A55EE8 #E6E85E #5EE860

monochromatic

#6819B2 #8728E0 #A55EE8 #C394F0 #E1C9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#A55EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#A55EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55EE8

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55EE8	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#197FEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4081E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.204 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48ff0',
    500: '#a55ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55ee8;
$custom-light: #c48ff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.87,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62532,
    "c": 0.20376,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55EE8

secondary

#D0E9B9

accent

#D70E70

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55EE8

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

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