#A255F5#A255F5

#A255F5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.229 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A255F5
RGB	rgb(162, 85, 245)
HSL	hsl(269, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(269, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 65.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.70, 60.99, -68.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.70, 91.52, 311.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% 0.1221 -0.194)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.229 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6263, 20.7709, 88.5534)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A255F5 #A8F555

analogous

#5558F5 #A255F5 #F255F5

triadic

#A255F5 #F5A255 #55F5A2

tetradic

#A255F5 #F55558 #A8F555 #55F5F2

square

#A255F5 #F55558 #A8F555 #55F5F2

split-complementary

#A255F5 #F5F255 #58F555

monochromatic

#640CC4 #821BF2 #A255F5 #C28FF8 #E1C9FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#A255F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#A255F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A255F5

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A255F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A255F5	1.00	4.07	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#097DF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91799E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a255f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 85, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.229 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c389f9',
    500: '#a255f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a255f5;
$custom-light: #c389f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a255f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.875,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61888,
    "c": 0.22924,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A255F5

secondary

#D4EEB7

accent

#E60077

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FF

border

#D1CBD7

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A255F5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →