#A255D2#A255D2

#A255D2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.192 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255D2
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 210)
HSL	hsl(277, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(277, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 59.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, 53.00, -52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 74.28, 315.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% 0.124 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.192 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7794, 18.8321, 63.0265)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255D2 #85D255

analogous

#6355D2 #A255D2 #D255C4

triadic

#A255D2 #D2A255 #55D2A2

tetradic

#A255D2 #D26355 #85D255 #55C4D2

square

#A255D2 #D26355 #85D255 #55C4D2

split-complementary

#A255D2 #C4D255 #55D263

monochromatic

#622488 #8531B9 #A255D2 #BC85DF #D7B6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#A255D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#A255D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255D2

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255D2	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2575D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4879CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.192 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189e0',
    500: '#a255d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255d2;
$custom-light: #c189e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.96,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59587,
    "c": 0.19189,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255D2

secondary

#BCDAA8

accent

#E14682

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255D2

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

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