#A251D5#A251D5

#A251D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.201 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A251D5
RGB	rgb(162, 81, 213)
HSL	hsl(277, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(277, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 62%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, 55.63, -54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 77.97, 315.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.1288 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.201 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8506, 18.3709, 64.9113)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A251D5 #84D551

analogous

#6051D5 #A251D5 #D551C6

triadic

#A251D5 #D5A251 #51D5A2

tetradic

#A251D5 #D56051 #84D551 #51C6D5

square

#A251D5 #D56051 #84D551 #51C6D5

split-complementary

#A251D5 #C6D551 #51D560

monochromatic

#62218A #852DBC #A251D5 #BC82E1 #D7B4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#A251D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#A251D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A251D5

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A251D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A251D5	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1073D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4078D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a251d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 81, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.201 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c186e3',
    500: '#a251d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a251d5;
$custom-light: #c186e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a251d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.818,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59247,
    "c": 0.20078,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A251D5

secondary

#BBDBA6

accent

#E44482

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A251D5

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

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