#A655EE#A655EE

#A655EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.223 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A655EE
RGB	rgb(166, 85, 238)
HSL	hsl(272, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 64.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.70, 60.19, -64.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.70, 88.07, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% 0.128 -0.1823)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.223 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4036, 20.7772, 83.0703)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A655EE #9DEE55

analogous

#5955EE #A655EE #EE55E9

triadic

#A655EE #EEA655 #55EEA6

tetradic

#A655EE #EE5955 #9DEE55 #55E9EE

square

#A655EE #EE5955 #9DEE55 #55E9EE

split-complementary

#A655EE #E9EE55 #55EE59

monochromatic

#6912B6 #891DE8 #A655EE #C38DF4 #E0C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#A655EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#A655EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A655EE

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A655EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A655EE	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A7EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99769A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a655ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 85, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.223 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58af4',
    500: '#a655ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a655ee;
$custom-light: #c58af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a655ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6185,
    "c": 0.2227,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A655EE

secondary

#CEEBB4

accent

#DE076C

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A655EE

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

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