#A955EB#A955EB

#A955EB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.220 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A955EB
RGB	rgb(169, 85, 235)
HSL	hsl(274, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(274, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 63.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.87, 60.15, -62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.87, 86.62, 313.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% 0.132 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.22 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6029, 20.9306, 80.7982)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A955EB #97EB55

analogous

#5E55EB #A955EB #EB55E2

triadic

#A955EB #EBA955 #55EBA9

tetradic

#A955EB #EB5E55 #97EB55 #55E2EB

square

#A955EB #EB5E55 #97EB55 #55E2EB

split-complementary

#A955EB #E2EB55 #55EB5E

monochromatic

#6C15B1 #8D1EE5 #A955EB #C58CF1 #E0C3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#A955EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#A955EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A955EB

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A955EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A955EB	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347FE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a955eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 85, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.220 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78af2',
    500: '#a955eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a955eb;
$custom-light: #c78af2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a955eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61989,
    "c": 0.2203,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A955EB

secondary

#CBE9B3

accent

#DB0A66

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A955EB

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

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