#A255D4#A255D4

#A255D4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.194 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255D4
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 212)
HSL	hsl(276, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(276, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 59.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.61, 53.44, -52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.61, 75.26, 315.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% 0.124 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.194 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0302, 18.9324, 64.3469)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255D4 #87D455

analogous

#6255D4 #A255D4 #D455C6

triadic

#A255D4 #D4A255 #55D4A2

tetradic

#A255D4 #D46255 #87D455 #55C6D4

square

#A255D4 #D46255 #87D455 #55C6D4

split-complementary

#A255D4 #C6D455 #55D462

monochromatic

#62238B #8530BC #A255D4 #BD86E0 #D7B7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#A255D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#A255D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255D4

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255D4	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2275D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467AD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.194 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189e2',
    500: '#a255d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255d4;
$custom-light: #c189e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.378,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59711,
    "c": 0.19402,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255D4

secondary

#BDDCA9

accent

#E34583

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255D4

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

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