#A255D5#A255D5

#A255D5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.195 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255D5
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 213)
HSL	hsl(276, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(276, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 60.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 53.67, -53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 75.76, 315.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.124 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.195 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1567, 18.9830, 65.0133)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255D5 #88D555

analogous

#6255D5 #A255D5 #D555C8

triadic

#A255D5 #D5A255 #55D5A2

tetradic

#A255D5 #D56255 #88D555 #55C8D5

square

#A255D5 #D56255 #88D555 #55C8D5

split-complementary

#A255D5 #C8D555 #55D562

monochromatic

#63238D #852FBE #A255D5 #BD86E1 #D8B7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#A255D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#A255D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255D5

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255D5	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2075D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#457AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.195 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189e2',
    500: '#a255d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255d5;
$custom-light: #c189e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.094,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59773,
    "c": 0.19509,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255D5

secondary

#BEDCA9

accent

#E44484

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255D5

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

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