#A255CD#A255CD

#A255CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.187 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255CD
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 205)
HSL	hsl(279, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 58.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 51.90, -49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 71.82, 316.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.124 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.187 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1662, 18.5868, 59.7970)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255CD #80CD55

analogous

#6655CD #A255CD #CD55BC

triadic

#A255CD #CDA255 #55CDA2

tetradic

#A255CD #CD6655 #80CD55 #55BCCD

square

#A255CD #CD6655 #80CD55 #55BCCD

split-complementary

#A255CD #BCCD55 #55CD66

monochromatic

#612682 #8434B1 #A255CD #BC84DB #D6B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#A255CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#A255CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255CD

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255CD	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C74D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C79CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.187 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c188dd',
    500: '#a255cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255cd;
$custom-light: #c188dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59282,
    "c": 0.18656,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255CD

secondary

#B8D7A6

accent

#DE4A7F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255CD

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

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