#A255DD#A255DD

#A255DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.204 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255DD
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(274, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 61.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.15, 55.46, -57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.15, 79.70, 314.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% 0.1238 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.204 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1972, 19.3992, 70.4935)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255DD #90DD55

analogous

#5E55DD #A255DD #DD55D4

triadic

#A255DD #DDA255 #55DDA2

tetradic

#A255DD #DD5E55 #90DD55 #55D4DD

square

#A255DD #DD5E55 #90DD55 #55D4DD

split-complementary

#A255DD #D4DD55 #55DD5E

monochromatic

#641F99 #8529CC #A255DD #BE88E7 #DABBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#A255DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#A255DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255DD

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255DD	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0877E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D7BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.204 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189e8',
    500: '#a255dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255dd;
$custom-light: #c189e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.971,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60279,
    "c": 0.20365,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255DD

secondary

#C3E1AD

accent

#EA3E89

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255DD

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

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