#A255CE#A255CE

#A255CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.188 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255CE
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 206)
HSL	hsl(278, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 58.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 52.12, -50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 72.31, 316.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% 0.124 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.188 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2873, 18.6353, 60.4347)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255CE #81CE55

analogous

#6655CE #A255CE #CE55BD

triadic

#A255CE #CEA255 #55CEA2

tetradic

#A255CE #CE6655 #81CE55 #55BDCE

square

#A255CE #CE6655 #81CE55 #55BDCE

split-complementary

#A255CE #BDCE55 #55CE66

monochromatic

#612683 #8433B2 #A255CE #BC85DC #D6B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#A255CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#A255CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255CE

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255CE	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B74D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B79CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.188 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c188dd',
    500: '#a255ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255ce;
$custom-light: #c188dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59343,
    "c": 0.18762,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255CE

secondary

#B9D8A7

accent

#DF4980

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255CE

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

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