#A255E4#A255E4

#A255E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.211 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255E4
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, 57.05, -60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 83.15, 313.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% 0.1235 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.211 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1494, 19.7801, 75.5080)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255E4 #97E455

analogous

#5B55E4 #A255E4 #E455DE

triadic

#A255E4 #E4A255 #55E4A2

tetradic

#A255E4 #E45B55 #97E455 #55DEE4

square

#A255E4 #E45B55 #97E455 #55DEE4

split-complementary

#A255E4 #DEE455 #55E45B

monochromatic

#651AA4 #8523D9 #A255E4 #BF8AEC #DCBFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#A255E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#A255E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255E4

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255E4	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.211 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c289ed',
    500: '#a255e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255e4;
$custom-light: #c289ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60735,
    "c": 0.21113,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255E4

secondary

#C8E5B0

accent

#D5116B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255E4

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

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