#A255AA#A255AA

#A255AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.150 H 323.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255AA
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 170)
HSL	hsl(294, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(294, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 50%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.36, 44.65, -32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.36, 55.08, 324.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% 0.1211 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.15 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4038, 17.0819, 39.9814)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255AA #5DAA55

analogous

#7855AA #A255AA #AA5587

triadic

#A255AA #AAA255 #55AAA2

tetradic

#A255AA #AA7855 #5DAA55 #5587AA

square

#A255AA #AA7855 #5DAA55 #5587AA

split-complementary

#A255AA #87AA55 #55AA78

monochromatic

#542C58 #7B4181 #A255AA #B87EBE #CFA7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#A255AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#A255AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A255AA

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A255AA	1.00	4.76	4.42	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A6DAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6176A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.150 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf88c3',
    500: '#a255aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255aa;
$custom-light: #bf88c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.353,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57336,
    "c": 0.15019,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255AA

secondary

#9EC09A

accent

#C95E68

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#120C12

muted

#817D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255AA

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

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