#A255E5#A255E5

#A255E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.212 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255E5
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, 57.28, -60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 83.65, 313.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% 0.1234 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.212 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2886, 19.8358, 76.2412)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255E5 #98E555

analogous

#5A55E5 #A255E5 #E555E0

triadic

#A255E5 #E5A255 #55E5A2

tetradic

#A255E5 #E55A55 #98E555 #55E0E5

square

#A255E5 #E55A55 #98E555 #55E0E5

split-complementary

#A255E5 #E0E555 #55E55A

monochromatic

#6519A6 #8522DB #A255E5 #BF8AED #DCBFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#A255E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#A255E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255E5

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255E5	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#327BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.212 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c289ee',
    500: '#a255e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255e5;
$custom-light: #c289ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.083,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60801,
    "c": 0.2122,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255E5

secondary

#C9E6B0

accent

#D6106C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255E5

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

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