#A255E0#A255E0

#A255E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.207 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255E0
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 224)
HSL	hsl(273, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(273, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 62.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, 56.14, -58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 81.18, 313.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.1237 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.207 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6005, 19.5605, 72.6174)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255E0 #93E055

analogous

#5C55E0 #A255E0 #E055D9

triadic

#A255E0 #E0A255 #55E0A2

tetradic

#A255E0 #E05C55 #93E055 #55D9E0

square

#A255E0 #E05C55 #93E055 #55D9E0

split-complementary

#A255E0 #D9E055 #55E05C

monochromatic

#641D9E #8526D2 #A255E0 #BE89E9 #DBBDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#A255E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#A255E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255E0

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255E0	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397BDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.207 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c289ea',
    500: '#a255e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255e0;
$custom-light: #c289ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.237,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60473,
    "c": 0.20685,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255E0

secondary

#C6E3AE

accent

#D11469

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255E0

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

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