#A255DB#A255DB

#A255DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.202 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255DB
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 219)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(274, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 61.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, 55.01, -56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 78.71, 314.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% 0.1239 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.202 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9324, 19.2933, 69.0985)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255DB #8EDB55

analogous

#5F55DB #A255DB #DB55D1

triadic

#A255DB #DBA255 #55DBA2

tetradic

#A255DB #DB5F55 #8EDB55 #55D1DB

square

#A255DB #DB5F55 #8EDB55 #55D1DB

split-complementary

#A255DB #D1DB55 #55DB5F

monochromatic

#642096 #852AC8 #A255DB #BE88E6 #D9BAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#A255DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#A255DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255DB

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255DB	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1177DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.202 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189e7',
    500: '#a255db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255db;
$custom-light: #c189e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.478,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60151,
    "c": 0.20151,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255DB

secondary

#C2E0AC

accent

#E84087

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255DB

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

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