#A251E8#A251E8

#A251E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.221 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A251E8
RGB	rgb(162, 81, 232)
HSL	hsl(272, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(272, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 65.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.14, 59.88, -63.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.14, 87.26, 313.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% 0.1277 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.221 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4050, 19.3927, 78.3643)
Luminance	0.1939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A251E8 #97E851

analogous

#5751E8 #A251E8 #E851E3

triadic

#A251E8 #E8A251 #51E8A2

tetradic

#A251E8 #E85751 #97E851 #51E3E8

square

#A251E8 #E85751 #97E851 #51E3E8

split-complementary

#A251E8 #E3E851 #51E857

monochromatic

#6516A8 #851DDE #A251E8 #BF87EF #DCBDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#A251E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#A251E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A251E8

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A251E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A251E8	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#267AE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a251e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 81, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.221 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c287f0',
    500: '#a251e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a251e8;
$custom-light: #c287f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a251e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.185,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60497,
    "c": 0.22064,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A251E8

secondary

#C8E7AE

accent

#D90D6B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A251E8

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

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