#A655E9#A655E9

#A655E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.217 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A655E9
RGB	rgb(166, 85, 233)
HSL	hsl(273, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 63.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 59.06, -62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 85.63, 313.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% 0.1283 -0.1755)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.217 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6792, 20.4875, 79.2552)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A655E9 #98E955

analogous

#5C55E9 #A655E9 #E955E2

triadic

#A655E9 #E9A655 #55E9A6

tetradic

#A655E9 #E95C55 #98E955 #55E2E9

square

#A655E9 #E95C55 #98E955 #55E2E9

split-complementary

#A655E9 #E2E955 #55E95C

monochromatic

#6916AD #8A1FE2 #A655E9 #C28BF0 #DFC1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#A655E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#A655E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A655E9

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A655E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A655E9	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#327DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a655e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 85, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.217 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589f1',
    500: '#a655e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a655e9;
$custom-light: #c589f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a655e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.838,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61516,
    "c": 0.21743,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A655E9

secondary

#CAE8B2

accent

#D90C69

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A655E9

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

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