#A255BA#A255BA

#A255BA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.167 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255BA
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 186)
HSL	hsl(286, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(286, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 54.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.16, 47.86, -40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.16, 62.59, 319.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.123 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.167 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0105, 17.7245, 48.4432)
Luminance	0.1772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255BA #6DBA55

analogous

#7055BA #A255BA #BA559F

triadic

#A255BA #BAA255 #55BAA2

tetradic

#A255BA #BA7055 #6DBA55 #559FBA

square

#A255BA #BA7055 #6DBA55 #559FBA

split-complementary

#A255BA #9FBA55 #55BA70

monochromatic

#5B2B6A #803D95 #A255BA #BA81CC #D2ACDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#A255BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#A255BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A255BA

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A255BA	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F70BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5977B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2647F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.167 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c088cf',
    500: '#a255ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255ba;
$custom-light: #c088cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.743,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58184,
    "c": 0.16651,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255BA

secondary

#AACBA0

accent

#D25673

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#120C14

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255BA

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

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