#A255B2#A255B2

#A255B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.158 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255B2
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 178)
HSL	hsl(290, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(290, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 52.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 46.23, -36.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 58.79, 321.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% 0.1221 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.158 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1837, 17.3938, 44.0890)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255B2 #65B255

analogous

#7455B2 #A255B2 #B25594

triadic

#A255B2 #B2A255 #55B2A2

tetradic

#A255B2 #B27455 #65B255 #5594B2

square

#A255B2 #B27455 #65B255 #5594B2

split-complementary

#A255B2 #94B255 #55B274

monochromatic

#582C61 #7E3F8B #A255B2 #B97FC5 #D0A9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#A255B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#A255B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A255B2

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A255B2	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#456EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D77AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3627C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.158 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c088c9',
    500: '#a255b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255b2;
$custom-light: #c088c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.677,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57751,
    "c": 0.15825,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255B2

secondary

#A4C69D

accent

#CE5A6E

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#120C13

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255B2

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