#A255D7#A255D7

#A255D7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.197 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255D7
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 215)
HSL	hsl(276, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(276, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 60.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 54.11, -54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 76.74, 314.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% 0.124 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.197 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4121, 19.0852, 66.3585)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255D7 #8AD755

analogous

#6155D7 #A255D7 #D755CB

triadic

#A255D7 #D7A255 #55D7A2

tetradic

#A255D7 #D76155 #8AD755 #55CBD7

square

#A255D7 #D76155 #8AD755 #55CBD7

split-complementary

#A255D7 #CBD755 #55D761

monochromatic

#632290 #852DC1 #A255D7 #BD87E3 #D8B8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#A255D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#A255D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255D7

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255D7	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C76DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.197 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189e4',
    500: '#a255d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255d7;
$custom-light: #c189e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.538,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59898,
    "c": 0.19723,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255D7

secondary

#BFDEAA

accent

#E54385

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255D7

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

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