#A251CD#A251CD

#A251CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.192 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A251CD
RGB	rgb(162, 81, 205)
HSL	hsl(279, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 60.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.47, 53.89, -50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.47, 74.07, 316.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% 0.1289 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.192 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8602, 17.9747, 59.6949)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A251CD #7CCD51

analogous

#6451CD #A251CD #CD51BA

triadic

#A251CD #CDA251 #51CDA2

tetradic

#A251CD #CD6451 #7CCD51 #51BACD

square

#A251CD #CD6451 #7CCD51 #51BACD

split-complementary

#A251CD #BACD51 #51CD64

monochromatic

#60257F #8332AF #A251CD #BB81DB #D5B0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#A251CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#A251CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A251CD

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A251CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A251CD	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2371D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4877CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a251cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 81, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.192 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c186dd',
    500: '#a251cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a251cd;
$custom-light: #c186dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a251cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.194,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58747,
    "c": 0.19242,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A251CD

secondary

#B5D7A3

accent

#DF497D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A251CD

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

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