#A255DC#A255DC

#A255DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.203 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255DC
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 220)
HSL	hsl(274, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(274, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 61.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, 55.23, -56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 79.21, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% 0.1239 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.203 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0644, 19.3461, 69.7940)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255DC #8FDC55

analogous

#5E55DC #A255DC #DC55D3

triadic

#A255DC #DCA255 #55DCA2

tetradic

#A255DC #DC5E55 #8FDC55 #55D3DC

square

#A255DC #DC5E55 #8FDC55 #55D3DC

split-complementary

#A255DC #D3DC55 #55DC5E

monochromatic

#641F97 #852ACA #A255DC #BE88E6 #DABBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#A255DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#A255DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255DC

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255DC	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D77E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7AD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.203 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189e8',
    500: '#a255dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255dc;
$custom-light: #c189e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.222,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60215,
    "c": 0.20258,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255DC

secondary

#C3E0AC

accent

#E93F88

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255DC

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

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