#A251D9#A251D9

#A251D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.205 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A251D9
RGB	rgb(162, 81, 217)
HSL	hsl(276, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(276, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 62.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 56.51, -56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 79.92, 315.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% 0.1287 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.205 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3646, 18.5765, 67.6182)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A251D9 #88D951

analogous

#5E51D9 #A251D9 #D951CC

triadic

#A251D9 #D9A251 #51D9A2

tetradic

#A251D9 #D95E51 #88D951 #51CCD9

square

#A251D9 #D95E51 #88D951 #51CCD9

split-complementary

#A251D9 #CCD951 #51D95E

monochromatic

#631F90 #852AC2 #A251D9 #BD83E4 #D8B5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#A251D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#A251D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A251D9

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A251D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A251D9	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C78D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a251d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 81, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.205 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c186e5',
    500: '#a251d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a251d9;
$custom-light: #c186e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a251d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.735,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59503,
    "c": 0.20495,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A251D9

secondary

#BEDEA8

accent

#E74184

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A251D9

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

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