#A251DD#A251DD

#A251DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.209 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A251DD
RGB	rgb(162, 81, 221)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(275, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 63.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 57.40, -58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 81.88, 314.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% 0.1285 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.209 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8912, 18.7871, 70.3915)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A251DD #8CDD51

analogous

#5C51DD #A251DD #DD51D2

triadic

#A251DD #DDA251 #51DDA2

tetradic

#A251DD #DD5C51 #8CDD51 #51D2DD

square

#A251DD #DD5C51 #8CDD51 #51D2DD

split-complementary

#A251DD #D2DD51 #51DD5C

monochromatic

#631D96 #8527C9 #A251DD #BD84E7 #D9B7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#A251DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#A251DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A251DD

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A251DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A251DD	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3779DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a251dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 81, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.209 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c286e8',
    500: '#a251dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a251dd;
$custom-light: #c286e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a251dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.714,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59763,
    "c": 0.20914,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A251DD

secondary

#C1E0AA

accent

#EA3E86

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A251DD

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

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