#A255C2#A255C2

#A255C2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.175 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255C2
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 194)
HSL	hsl(282, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 56.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.59, 49.54, -44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.59, 66.45, 318.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% 0.1235 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.175 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8848, 18.0743, 53.0483)
Luminance	0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255C2 #75C255

analogous

#6B55C2 #A255C2 #C255AC

triadic

#A255C2 #C2A255 #55C2A2

tetradic

#A255C2 #C26B55 #75C255 #55ACC2

square

#A255C2 #C26B55 #75C255 #55ACC2

split-complementary

#A255C2 #ACC255 #55C26B

monochromatic

#5E2973 #823AA0 #A255C2 #BB82D2 #D3AFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#A255C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#A255C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255C2

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255C2	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3871C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5478BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A06783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.175 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c088d5',
    500: '#a255c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255c2;
$custom-light: #c088d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.385,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58635,
    "c": 0.1749,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255C2

secondary

#B0D0A2

accent

#D75178

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#130C14

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255C2

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

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