#A255E2#A255E2

#A255E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.209 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255E2
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 226)
HSL	hsl(273, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(273, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 62.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, 56.59, -59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 82.17, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% 0.1236 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.209 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8733, 19.6697, 74.0543)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255E2 #95E255

analogous

#5B55E2 #A255E2 #E255DB

triadic

#A255E2 #E2A255 #55E2A2

tetradic

#A255E2 #E25B55 #95E255 #55DBE2

square

#A255E2 #E25B55 #95E255 #55DBE2

split-complementary

#A255E2 #DBE255 #55E25B

monochromatic

#641BA1 #8524D5 #A255E2 #BF89EB #DBBEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#A255E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#A255E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255E2

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255E2	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#367BDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.209 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c289ec',
    500: '#a255e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255e2;
$custom-light: #c289ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.766,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60604,
    "c": 0.20899,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255E2

secondary

#C7E4AF

accent

#D3136A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255E2

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

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