#A955EE#A955EE

#A955EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.223 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A955EE
RGB	rgb(169, 85, 238)
HSL	hsl(273, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 64.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, 60.83, -63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 88.07, 313.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.1318 -0.1804)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.223 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0400, 21.1054, 83.1001)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A955EE #9AEE55

analogous

#5C55EE #A955EE #EE55E7

triadic

#A955EE #EEA955 #55EEA9

tetradic

#A955EE #EE5C55 #9AEE55 #55E7EE

square

#A955EE #EE5C55 #9AEE55 #55E7EE

split-complementary

#A955EE #E7EE55 #55EE5C

monochromatic

#6C12B6 #8D1DE8 #A955EE #C58DF4 #E1C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#A955EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#A955EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A955EE

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A955EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A955EE	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#307FEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D769A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a955ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 85, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.223 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78af4',
    500: '#a955ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a955ee;
$custom-light: #c78af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a955ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.941,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62188,
    "c": 0.22342,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A955EE

secondary

#CDEBB4

accent

#DE0768

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A955EE

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

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