#A255E8#A255E8

#A255E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.215 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255E8
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 232)
HSL	hsl(271, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 63.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.84, 57.97, -62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.84, 85.13, 312.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61% 0.1233 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.215 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7111, 20.0048, 78.4663)
Luminance	0.2001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255E8 #9BE855

analogous

#5955E8 #A255E8 #E855E4

triadic

#A255E8 #E8A255 #55E8A2

tetradic

#A255E8 #E85955 #9BE855 #55E4E8

square

#A255E8 #E85955 #9BE855 #55E4E8

split-complementary

#A255E8 #E4E855 #55E859

monochromatic

#6517AB #851FE1 #A255E8 #BF8BEF #DDC1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#A255E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#A255E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255E8

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255E8	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E7CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.215 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c289f0',
    500: '#a255e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255e8;
$custom-light: #c289f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61001,
    "c": 0.2154,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255E8

secondary

#CBE7B1

accent

#D80D6E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255E8

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

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