#A855A2#A855A2

#A855A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.146 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855A2
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 162)
HSL	hsl(304, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(304, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 44.93, -26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 52.31, 329.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.1268 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.146 330)
XYZ	xyz(25.9183, 17.4320, 36.1750)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855A2 #55A85B

analogous

#8455A8 #A855A2 #A85579

triadic

#A855A2 #A2A855 #55A2A8

tetradic

#A855A2 #A88455 #55A85B #5579A8

square

#A855A2 #A88455 #55A85B #5579A8

split-complementary

#A855A2 #79A855 #55A884

monochromatic

#572C54 #7F407B #A855A2 #BD7DB9 #D2A6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#A855A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#A855A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A855A2

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A855A2	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#506DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6878A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.146 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c488bd',
    500: '#a855a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855a2;
$custom-light: #c488bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.337,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57709,
    "c": 0.14639,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.1743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855A2

secondary

#99BF9C

accent

#C9675F

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F6

border

#D1CBD0

text

#130C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855A2

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

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