#A255DE#A255DE

#A255DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.205 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255DE
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 222)
HSL	hsl(274, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 61.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.21, 55.68, -57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.21, 80.19, 313.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% 0.1238 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.205 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3309, 19.4527, 71.1973)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255DE #91DE55

analogous

#5E55DE #A255DE #DE55D5

triadic

#A255DE #DEA255 #55DEA2

tetradic

#A255DE #DE5E55 #91DE55 #55D5DE

square

#A255DE #DE5E55 #91DE55 #55D5DE

split-complementary

#A255DE #D5DE55 #55DE5E

monochromatic

#641E9B #8528CE #A255DE #BE88E8 #DABCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#A255DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#A255DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255DE

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255DE	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0377E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.205 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189e9',
    500: '#a255de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255de;
$custom-light: #c189e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.723,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60344,
    "c": 0.20471,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255DE

secondary

#C4E2AD

accent

#CF1667

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255DE

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

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