#A255CF#A255CF

#A255CF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.189 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255CF
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 207)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 58.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.32, 52.34, -50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.32, 72.80, 315.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% 0.124 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.189 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4092, 18.6840, 61.0765)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255CF #82CF55

analogous

#6555CF #A255CF #CF55BF

triadic

#A255CF #CFA255 #55CFA2

tetradic

#A255CF #CF6555 #82CF55 #55BFCF

square

#A255CF #CF6555 #82CF55 #55BFCF

split-complementary

#A255CF #BFCF55 #55CF65

monochromatic

#612584 #8433B4 #A255CF #BC85DC #D6B4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#A255CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#A255CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255CF

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255CF	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A74D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A79CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.189 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189de',
    500: '#a255cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255cf;
$custom-light: #c189de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.869,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59403,
    "c": 0.18869,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255CF

secondary

#B9D9A7

accent

#DF4980

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255CF

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

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