#A255F2#A255F2

#A255F2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.226 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255F2
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 242)
HSL	hsl(269, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(269, 65%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 64.9%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, 60.29, -66.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 90.05, 312.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% 0.1224 -0.19)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.226 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1721, 20.5892, 86.1610)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255F2 #A5F255

analogous

#5557F2 #A255F2 #F155F2

triadic

#A255F2 #F2A255 #55F2A2

tetradic

#A255F2 #F25557 #A5F255 #55F2F1

square

#A255F2 #F25557 #A5F255 #55F2F1

split-complementary

#A255F2 #F2F155 #57F255

monochromatic

#650FBE #831CEE #A255F2 #C18EF6 #E0C7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#A255F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#A255F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255F2

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255F2	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#177DEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92789C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.226 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c389f7',
    500: '#a255f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255f2;
$custom-light: #c389f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.427,
    "s": 85.792,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6168,
    "c": 0.22605,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255F2

secondary

#D2EDB6

accent

#E20375

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FF

border

#D1CBD7

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255F2

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

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