#A655E6#A655E6

#A655E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.214 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A655E6
RGB	rgb(166, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, 58.38, -60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 84.16, 313.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% 0.1285 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.214 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2543, 20.3175, 77.0174)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A655E6 #95E655

analogous

#5E55E6 #A655E6 #E655DE

triadic

#A655E6 #E6A655 #55E6A6

tetradic

#A655E6 #E65E55 #95E655 #55DEE6

square

#A655E6 #E65E55 #95E655 #55DEE6

split-complementary

#A655E6 #DEE655 #55E65E

monochromatic

#6919A8 #8A21DD #A655E6 #C28AEE #DEC0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#A655E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#A655E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A655E6

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A655E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A655E6	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C7396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a655e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.214 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589ef',
    500: '#a655e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a655e6;
$custom-light: #c589ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a655e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.517,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61319,
    "c": 0.21428,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A655E6

secondary

#C8E6B1

accent

#D60F67

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A655E6

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

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