#A255E7#A255E7

#A255E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.214 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255E7
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 231)
HSL	hsl(272, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 63.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.78, 57.74, -61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.78, 84.63, 313.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% 0.1233 -0.1753)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.214 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5694, 19.9481, 77.7204)
Luminance	0.1995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255E7 #9AE755

analogous

#5955E7 #A255E7 #E755E3

triadic

#A255E7 #E7A255 #55E7A2

tetradic

#A255E7 #E75955 #9AE755 #55E3E7

square

#A255E7 #E75955 #9AE755 #55E3E7

split-complementary

#A255E7 #E3E755 #55E759

monochromatic

#6518AA #8520DF #A255E7 #BF8BEF #DDC0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#A255E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#A255E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255E7

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255E7	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F7CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.214 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c289ef',
    500: '#a255e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255e7;
$custom-light: #c289ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.644,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60934,
    "c": 0.21433,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255E7

secondary

#CAE7B1

accent

#D70E6D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255E7

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

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