#A251DC#A251DC

#A251DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.208 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A251DC
RGB	rgb(162, 81, 220)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(275, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 63.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.37, 57.18, -57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.37, 81.39, 314.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% 0.1285 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.208 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7584, 18.7340, 69.6919)
Luminance	0.1873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A251DC #8BDC51

analogous

#5D51DC #A251DC #DC51D1

triadic

#A251DC #DCA251 #51DCA2

tetradic

#A251DC #DC5D51 #8BDC51 #51D1DC

square

#A251DC #DC5D51 #8BDC51 #51D1DC

split-complementary

#A251DC #D1DC51 #51DC5D

monochromatic

#631E95 #8528C8 #A251DC #BD84E6 #D8B7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#A251DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#A251DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A251DC

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A251DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A251DC	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3979D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a251dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 81, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.208 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c286e8',
    500: '#a251dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a251dc;
$custom-light: #c286e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a251dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.964,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59698,
    "c": 0.20809,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A251DC

secondary

#C0E0A9

accent

#E93E86

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A251DC

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

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