#A255C8#A255C8

#A255C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.181 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255C8
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 200)
HSL	hsl(280, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(280, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 57.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.92, 50.82, -47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.92, 69.37, 317.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% 0.1238 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.181 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5723, 18.3493, 56.6690)
Luminance	0.1835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255C8 #7BC855

analogous

#6855C8 #A255C8 #C855B4

triadic

#A255C8 #C8A255 #55C8A2

tetradic

#A255C8 #C86855 #7BC855 #55B4C8

square

#A255C8 #C86855 #7BC855 #55B4C8

split-complementary

#A255C8 #B4C855 #55C868

monochromatic

#5F287B #8337A9 #A255C8 #BB83D7 #D5B1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#A255C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#A255C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255C8

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255C8	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3273CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5079C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E6986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.181 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c088d9',
    500: '#a255c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255c8;
$custom-light: #c088d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.174,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58984,
    "c": 0.18124,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255C8

secondary

#B4D4A5

accent

#DB4D7C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255C8

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

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