#A55FA5#A55FA5

#A55FA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.130 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55FA5
RGB	rgb(165, 95, 165)
HSL	hsl(300, 28%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(300, 42%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.57, 39.28, -25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.57, 47.02, 326.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.109 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.13 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4003, 18.9016, 37.8478)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55FA5 #5FA55F

analogous

#825FA5 #A55FA5 #A55F82

triadic

#A55FA5 #A5A55F #5FA5A5

tetradic

#A55FA5 #A5825F #5FA55F #5F82A5

square

#A55FA5 #A5825F #5FA55F #5F82A5

split-complementary

#A55FA5 #82A55F #5FA582

monochromatic

#583258 #7F487F #A55FA5 #BB86BB #D1ADD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#A55FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#A55FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55FA5

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55FA5	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5973A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9667A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 95, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.130 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18ec0',
    500: '#a55fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55fa5;
$custom-light: #c18ec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 28,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58988,
    "c": 0.12982,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55FA5

secondary

#A0BFA0

accent

#C46363

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F7

border

#D1CBD0

text

#120C12

muted

#817D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55FA5

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

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