#A255D6#A255D6

#A255D6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.196 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255D6
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 214)
HSL	hsl(276, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(276, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 60.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, 53.89, -53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 76.25, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.124 -0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.196 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2840, 19.0339, 65.6839)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255D6 #89D655

analogous

#6155D6 #A255D6 #D655C9

triadic

#A255D6 #D6A255 #55D6A2

tetradic

#A255D6 #D66155 #89D655 #55C9D6

square

#A255D6 #D66155 #89D655 #55C9D6

split-complementary

#A255D6 #C9D655 #55D661

monochromatic

#63228E #852EC0 #A255D6 #BD86E2 #D8B8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#A255D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#A255D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255D6

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255D6	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E75DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.196 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189e3',
    500: '#a255d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255d6;
$custom-light: #c189e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.814,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59835,
    "c": 0.19616,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255D6

secondary

#BEDDAA

accent

#E44484

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C15

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255D6

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

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