#8255B2#8255B2

#8255B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.145 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8255B2
RGB	rgb(130, 85, 178)
HSL	hsl(269, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(269, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 52.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.88, 37.38, -42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.88, 56.74, 311.20°)
OKLab	oklab(54.04% 0.0819 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(54.04% 0.145 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4886, 14.4573, 43.8220)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8255B2 #85B255

analogous

#5557B2 #8255B2 #B155B2

triadic

#8255B2 #B28255 #55B282

tetradic

#8255B2 #B25557 #85B255 #55B2B1

square

#8255B2 #B25557 #85B255 #55B2B1

split-complementary

#8255B2 #B2B155 #57B255

monochromatic

#452C61 #643F8B #8255B2 #A17FC5 #C0A9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#8255B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#8255B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8255B2

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8255B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8255B2	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3769B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#456AB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A667B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8255b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(130, 85, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.145 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a986c9',
    500: '#8255b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8255b2;
$custom-light: #a986c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8255b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 130,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.032,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5404,
    "c": 0.14532,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8255B2

secondary

#B2C69D

accent

#CE5A96

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F4EFF8

border

#CECAD1

text

#100B13

muted

#7F7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8255B2

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

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