#A255DF#A255DF

#A255DF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.206 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255DF
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 223)
HSL	hsl(273, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(273, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 61.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.27, 55.91, -58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.27, 80.69, 313.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% 0.1237 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.206 307)
XYZ	xyz(31.4653, 19.5064, 71.9052)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255DF #92DF55

analogous

#5D55DF #A255DF #DF55D7

triadic

#A255DF #DFA255 #55DFA2

tetradic

#A255DF #DF5D55 #92DF55 #55D7DF

square

#A255DF #DF5D55 #92DF55 #55D7DF

split-complementary

#A255DF #D7DF55 #55DF5D

monochromatic

#641D9C #8527D0 #A255DF #BE89E9 #DABCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#A255DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#A255DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255DF

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255DF	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7BDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.206 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189ea',
    500: '#a255df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255df;
$custom-light: #c189ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.478,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60408,
    "c": 0.20578,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.19506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255DF

secondary

#C5E2AE

accent

#D01568

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255DF

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

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