#A255AF#A255AF

#A255AF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.155 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255AF
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 175)
HSL	hsl(291, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 51.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 45.63, -34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 57.39, 322.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% 0.1218 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.155 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8858, 17.2747, 42.5199)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255AF #62AF55

analogous

#7555AF #A255AF #AF558F

triadic

#A255AF #AFA255 #55AFA2

tetradic

#A255AF #AF7555 #62AF55 #558FAF

square

#A255AF #AF7555 #62AF55 #558FAF

split-complementary

#A255AF #8FAF55 #55AF75

monochromatic

#562C5E #7D4087 #A255AF #B97FC3 #D0A8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#A255AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#A255AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A255AF

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A255AF	1.00	4.71	4.45	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#476EB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E76AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4617A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.155 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf88c7',
    500: '#a255af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255af;
$custom-light: #bf88c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57593,
    "c": 0.15521,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255AF

secondary

#A2C49C

accent

#CC5C6C

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#120C13

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255AF

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

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