#A255EA#A255EA

#A255EA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.218 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255EA
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 234)
HSL	hsl(271, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(271, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 63.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 58.43, -63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 86.11, 312.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% 0.1231 -0.1793)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.218 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9968, 20.1190, 79.9710)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255EA #9DEA55

analogous

#5855EA #A255EA #EA55E7

triadic

#A255EA #EAA255 #55EAA2

tetradic

#A255EA #EA5855 #9DEA55 #55E7EA

square

#A255EA #EA5855 #9DEA55 #55E7EA

split-complementary

#A255EA #E7EA55 #55EA58

monochromatic

#6516AF #841FE3 #A255EA #C08BF1 #DEC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#A255EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#A255EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255EA

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255EA	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A7CE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.218 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c289f2',
    500: '#a255ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255ea;
$custom-light: #c289f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.007,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61135,
    "c": 0.21754,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255EA

secondary

#CCE8B2

accent

#DA0B6F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255EA

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

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