#A255E1#A255E1

#A255E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.208 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255E1
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 225)
HSL	hsl(273, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(273, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 62.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, 56.37, -59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 81.67, 313.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% 0.1237 -0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.208 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7365, 19.6149, 73.3337)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255E1 #94E155

analogous

#5C55E1 #A255E1 #E155DA

triadic

#A255E1 #E1A255 #55E1A2

tetradic

#A255E1 #E15C55 #94E155 #55DAE1

square

#A255E1 #E15C55 #94E155 #55DAE1

split-complementary

#A255E1 #DAE155 #55E15C

monochromatic

#641C9F #8525D3 #A255E1 #BE89EA #DBBDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#A255E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#A255E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255E1

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255E1	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387BDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.208 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c289eb',
    500: '#a255e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255e1;
$custom-light: #c289eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60538,
    "c": 0.20792,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255E1

secondary

#C6E3AE

accent

#D21469

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255E1

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

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