#A255CC#A255CC

#A255CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.185 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255CC
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 204)
HSL	hsl(279, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 58.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.14, 51.69, -49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.14, 71.33, 316.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.1239 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.185 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0459, 18.5387, 59.1633)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255CC #7FCC55

analogous

#6755CC #A255CC #CC55BA

triadic

#A255CC #CCA255 #55CCA2

tetradic

#A255CC #CC6755 #7FCC55 #55BACC

square

#A255CC #CC6755 #7FCC55 #55BACC

split-complementary

#A255CC #BACC55 #55CC67

monochromatic

#602680 #8435AF #A255CC #BC84DA #D6B3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#A255CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#A255CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255CC

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255CC	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E73D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D79C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.185 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c088dc',
    500: '#a255cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255cc;
$custom-light: #c088dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59222,
    "c": 0.18549,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255CC

secondary

#B7D7A6

accent

#DD4B7E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255CC

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

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