#A255EF#A255EF

#A255EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.223 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255EF
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 239)
HSL	hsl(270, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(270, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 64.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 59.59, -65.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 88.58, 312.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% 0.1227 -0.186)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.223 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7252, 20.4104, 83.8075)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255EF #A2EF55

analogous

#5555EF #A255EF #EF55EF

triadic

#A255EF #EFA255 #55EFA2

tetradic

#A255EF #EF5555 #A2EF55 #55EFEF

square

#A255EF #EF5555 #A2EF55 #55EFEF

split-complementary

#A255EF #EFEF55 #55EF55

monochromatic

#6511B8 #831DEA #A255EF #C18DF4 #DFC5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#A255EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#A255EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255EF

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255EF	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#207CEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93779B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.223 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c389f5',
    500: '#a255ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255ef;
$custom-light: #c389f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61474,
    "c": 0.22286,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255EF

secondary

#D0EBB5

accent

#DF0673

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255EF

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

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