#8255E6#8255E6

#8255E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.209 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8255E6
RGB	rgb(130, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(259, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 50.86, -67.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 84.33, 307.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% 0.0814 -0.1922)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.209 293)
XYZ	xyz(26.7334, 16.9552, 76.7117)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8255E6 #B9E655

analogous

#5571E6 #8255E6 #CB55E6

triadic

#8255E6 #E68255 #55E682

tetradic

#8255E6 #E65571 #B9E655 #55E6CB

square

#8255E6 #E65571 #B9E655 #55E6CB

split-complementary

#8255E6 #E6CB55 #71E655

monochromatic

#4519A8 #5B21DD #8255E6 #A98AEE #D0C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#8255E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#8255E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8255E6

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8255E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8255E6	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#667796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8255e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(130, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.209 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad87ef',
    500: '#8255e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8255e6;
$custom-light: #ad87ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8255e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 130,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57534,
    "c": 0.20869,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.16956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8255E6

secondary

#D6E6B1

accent

#D60F99

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B17

muted

#807C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8255E6

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

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