#A255E6#A255E6

#A255E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.213 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255E6
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 57.51, -61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 84.14, 313.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% 0.1234 -0.1739)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.213 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4286, 19.8918, 76.9787)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255E6 #99E655

analogous

#5A55E6 #A255E6 #E655E2

triadic

#A255E6 #E6A255 #55E6A2

tetradic

#A255E6 #E65A55 #99E655 #55E2E6

square

#A255E6 #E65A55 #99E655 #55E2E6

split-complementary

#A255E6 #E2E655 #55E65A

monochromatic

#6519A8 #8521DD #A255E6 #BF8AEE #DCC0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#A255E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#A255E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255E6

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255E6	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#317BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.213 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c289ef',
    500: '#a255e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255e6;
$custom-light: #c289ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.862,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60867,
    "c": 0.21326,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255E6

secondary

#CAE6B1

accent

#D60F6D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255E6

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

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