#A255CB#A255CB

#A255CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.184 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255CB
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 203)
HSL	hsl(279, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 58.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 51.47, -48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 70.84, 316.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.1239 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.184 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9264, 18.4909, 58.5336)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255CB #7ECB55

analogous

#6755CB #A255CB #CB55B9

triadic

#A255CB #CBA255 #55CBA2

tetradic

#A255CB #CB6755 #7ECB55 #55B9CB

square

#A255CB #CB6755 #7ECB55 #55B9CB

split-complementary

#A255CB #B9CB55 #55CB67

monochromatic

#60277F #8435AE #A255CB #BC84D9 #D5B3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#A255CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#A255CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255CB

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255CB	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F73CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D79C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E6A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.184 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c088db',
    500: '#a255cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255cb;
$custom-light: #c088db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.153,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59162,
    "c": 0.18443,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255CB

secondary

#B7D6A6

accent

#DD4B7E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255CB

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

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