#A55EEE#A55EEE

#A55EEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.210 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55EEE
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(270, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 60.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, 55.56, -61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 83.15, 311.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.1165 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.21 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9489, 22.1779, 83.3119)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55EEE #A7EE5E

analogous

#5E5FEE #A55EEE #ED5EEE

triadic

#A55EEE #EEA55E #5EEEA5

tetradic

#A55EEE #EE5E5F #A7EE5E #5EEEED

square

#A55EEE #EE5E5F #A7EE5E #5EEEED

split-complementary

#A55EEE #EEED5E #5FEE5E

monochromatic

#6814BE #8627E8 #A55EEE #C495F4 #E3CDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#A55EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#A55EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55EEE

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55EEE	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3881EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977C9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.210 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48ff4',
    500: '#a55eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55eee;
$custom-light: #c48ff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.583,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62917,
    "c": 0.21039,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55EEE

secondary

#D4ECBB

accent

#DD0874

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F1FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55EEE

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

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