#A255E9#A255E9

#A255E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.216 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255E9
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 233)
HSL	hsl(271, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 63.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, 58.20, -62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 85.62, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% 0.1232 -0.178)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.216 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8535, 20.0617, 79.2165)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255E9 #9CE955

analogous

#5855E9 #A255E9 #E955E6

triadic

#A255E9 #E9A255 #55E9A2

tetradic

#A255E9 #E95855 #9CE955 #55E6E9

square

#A255E9 #E95855 #9CE955 #55E6E9

split-complementary

#A255E9 #E6E955 #55E958

monochromatic

#6516AD #841FE2 #A255E9 #C08BF0 #DDC1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#A255E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#A255E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255E9

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255E9	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C7CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.216 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c289f1',
    500: '#a255e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255e9;
$custom-light: #c289f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.216,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61068,
    "c": 0.21647,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255E9

secondary

#CCE8B2

accent

#D90C6F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255E9

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

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