#A255BC#A255BC

#A255BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.169 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255BC
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 188)
HSL	hsl(285, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(285, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 54.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.27, 48.28, -41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.27, 63.55, 319.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.1231 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.169 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2246, 17.8102, 49.5708)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255BC #6FBC55

analogous

#6E55BC #A255BC #BC55A2

triadic

#A255BC #BCA255 #55BCA2

tetradic

#A255BC #BC6E55 #6FBC55 #55A2BC

square

#A255BC #BC6E55 #6FBC55 #55A2BC

split-complementary

#A255BC #A2BC55 #55BC6E

monochromatic

#5C2B6C #813C98 #A255BC #BA81CD #D2ADDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#A255BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#A255BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A255BC

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A255BC	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E70BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5777B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.169 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c088d0',
    500: '#a255bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255bc;
$custom-light: #c088d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.854,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58295,
    "c": 0.1686,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255BC

secondary

#ABCCA0

accent

#D35575

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#120C14

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255BC

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

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