#A255B7#A255B7

#A255B7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.163 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255B7
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 183)
HSL	hsl(287, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 53.6%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.01, 47.25, -38.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.01, 61.16, 320.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% 0.1227 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.163 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6949, 17.5983, 46.7812)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255B7 #6AB755

analogous

#7155B7 #A255B7 #B7559B

triadic

#A255B7 #B7A255 #55B7A2

tetradic

#A255B7 #B77155 #6AB755 #559BB7

square

#A255B7 #B77155 #6AB755 #559BB7

split-complementary

#A255B7 #9BB755 #55B771

monochromatic

#5A2B66 #7F3E91 #A255B7 #BA80C9 #D1ABDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#A255B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#A255B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A255B7

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A255B7	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#416FBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A77B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2647E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.163 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c088cd',
    500: '#a255b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255b7;
$custom-light: #c088cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58019,
    "c": 0.1634,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255B7

secondary

#A8C99F

accent

#D05771

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#120C13

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255B7

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

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