#A255F0#A255F0

#A255F0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.224 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255F0
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 240)
HSL	hsl(270, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(270, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 64.6%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, 59.82, -65.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 89.07, 312.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% 0.1226 -0.1874)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.224 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8733, 20.4697, 84.5877)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255F0 #A3F055

analogous

#5555F0 #A255F0 #EF55F0

triadic

#A255F0 #F0A255 #55F0A2

tetradic

#A255F0 #F05555 #A3F055 #55F0EF

square

#A255F0 #F05555 #A3F055 #55F0EF

split-complementary

#A255F0 #F0EF55 #55F055

monochromatic

#6510BA #831DEB #A255F0 #C18DF5 #E0C5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#A255F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#A255F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255F0

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255F0	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D7DED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93779B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.224 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c389f6',
    500: '#a255f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255f0;
$custom-light: #c389f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.806,
    "s": 83.784,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61542,
    "c": 0.22392,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255F0

secondary

#D1ECB5

accent

#E00573

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FF

border

#D1CBD7

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255F0

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

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