#A255EE#A255EE

#A255EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.222 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255EE
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 64.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, 59.36, -65.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 88.08, 312.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% 0.1228 -0.1847)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.222 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5779, 20.3515, 83.0316)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255EE #A1EE55

analogous

#5555EE #A255EE #EE55ED

triadic

#A255EE #EEA255 #55EEA2

tetradic

#A255EE #EE5555 #A1EE55 #55EDEE

square

#A255EE #EE5555 #A1EE55 #55EDEE

split-complementary

#A255EE #EDEE55 #55EE55

monochromatic

#6512B6 #841DE8 #A255EE #C08DF4 #DFC4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#A255EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#A255EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255EE

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255EE	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#227CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93769A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.222 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c289f4',
    500: '#a255ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255ee;
$custom-light: #c289f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.196,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61406,
    "c": 0.22179,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255EE

secondary

#CFEBB4

accent

#DE0772

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255EE

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

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