#A255CA#A255CA

#A255CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.183 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255CA
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 202)
HSL	hsl(279, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 57.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.03, 51.25, -48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.03, 70.35, 316.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% 0.1239 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.183 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8076, 18.4434, 57.9081)
Luminance	0.1844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255CA #7DCA55

analogous

#6855CA #A255CA #CA55B8

triadic

#A255CA #CAA255 #55CAA2

tetradic

#A255CA #CA6855 #7DCA55 #55B8CA

square

#A255CA #CA6855 #7DCA55 #55B8CA

split-complementary

#A255CA #B8CA55 #55CA68

monochromatic

#60277D #8436AC #A255CA #BC84D9 #D5B2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#A255CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#A255CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255CA

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255CA	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3073CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E79C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E6A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.183 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c088db',
    500: '#a255ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255ca;
$custom-light: #c088db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.487,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59103,
    "c": 0.18336,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255CA

secondary

#B6D5A5

accent

#DC4C7D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255CA

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

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