#A255AE#A255AE

#A255AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.154 H 322.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255AE
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 174)
HSL	hsl(292, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(292, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 51.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 45.43, -34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 56.92, 322.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% 0.1216 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.154 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7879, 17.2355, 42.0046)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A255AE #61AE55

analogous

#7555AE #A255AE #AE558D

triadic

#A255AE #AEA255 #55AEA2

tetradic

#A255AE #AE7555 #61AE55 #558DAE

square

#A255AE #AE7555 #61AE55 #558DAE

split-complementary

#A255AE #8DAE55 #55AE75

monochromatic

#562C5D #7D4086 #A255AE #B97EC2 #CFA8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#A255AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#A255AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A255AE

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A255AE	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#486EB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F76AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4617A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.154 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf88c6',
    500: '#a255ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255ae;
$custom-light: #bf88c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.91,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57541,
    "c": 0.1542,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255AE

secondary

#A1C39C

accent

#CB5C6B

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#120C13

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255AE

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

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