#A255D9#A255D9

#A255D9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.199 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255D9
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 217)
HSL	hsl(275, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(275, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 60.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.91, 54.56, -55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.91, 77.73, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.1239 -0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.199 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6707, 19.1886, 67.7202)
Luminance	0.1919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255D9 #8CD955

analogous

#6055D9 #A255D9 #D955CE

triadic

#A255D9 #D9A255 #55D9A2

tetradic

#A255D9 #D96055 #8CD955 #55CED9

square

#A255D9 #D96055 #8CD955 #55CED9

split-complementary

#A255D9 #CED955 #55D960

monochromatic

#632193 #852CC5 #A255D9 #BD87E4 #D9B9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#A255D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#A255D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255D9

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255D9	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1776DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417AD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.199 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189e5',
    500: '#a255d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255d9;
$custom-light: #c189e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60024,
    "c": 0.19937,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255D9

secondary

#C1DFAB

accent

#E64186

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255D9

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

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