#A251CB#A251CB

#A251CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.190 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A251CB
RGB	rgb(162, 81, 203)
HSL	hsl(280, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 60.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, 53.46, -49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 73.10, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.1289 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.19 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6203, 17.8788, 58.4316)
Luminance	0.1788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A251CB #7ACB51

analogous

#6551CB #A251CB #CB51B7

triadic

#A251CB #CBA251 #51CBA2

tetradic

#A251CB #CB6551 #7ACB51 #51B7CB

square

#A251CB #CB6551 #7ACB51 #51B7CB

split-complementary

#A251CB #B7CB51 #51CB65

monochromatic

#5F257C #8333AC #A251CB #BB80D9 #D4AFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#A251CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#A251CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A251CB

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A251CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A251CB	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2671CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4977C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E6786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a251cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 81, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.190 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c186db',
    500: '#a251cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a251cb;
$custom-light: #c186db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a251cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.836,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58625,
    "c": 0.19034,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A251CB

secondary

#B4D5A3

accent

#DD4A7C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A251CB

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

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