#A251CA#A251CA

#A251CA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.189 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A251CA
RGB	rgb(162, 81, 202)
HSL	hsl(280, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 59.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.29, 53.24, -49.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.29, 72.61, 317.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.1289 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.189 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5015, 17.8313, 57.8060)
Luminance	0.1783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A251CA #79CA51

analogous

#6551CA #A251CA #CA51B6

triadic

#A251CA #CAA251 #51CAA2

tetradic

#A251CA #CA6551 #79CA51 #51B6CA

square

#A251CA #CA6551 #79CA51 #51B6CA

split-complementary

#A251CA #B6CA51 #51CA65

monochromatic

#5F257B #8334AA #A251CA #BB80D8 #D4AFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#A251CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#A251CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A251CA

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A251CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A251CA	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2771CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A77C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E6786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a251ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 81, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.189 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c186db',
    500: '#a251ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a251ca;
$custom-light: #c186db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a251ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.165,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58564,
    "c": 0.1893,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A251CA

secondary

#B3D5A2

accent

#DD4B7B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A251CA

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

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