#A855AA#A855AA

#A855AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.154 H 326.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855AA
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 170)
HSL	hsl(299, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(299, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 50%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.16, 46.40, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.16, 55.77, 326.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% 0.1282 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.154 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6521, 17.7255, 40.0399)
Luminance	0.1772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A855AA #57AA55

analogous

#7D55AA #A855AA #AA5582

triadic

#A855AA #AAA855 #55AAA8

tetradic

#A855AA #AA7D55 #57AA55 #5582AA

square

#A855AA #AA7D55 #57AA55 #5582AA

split-complementary

#A855AA #82AA55 #55AA7D

monochromatic

#572C58 #804181 #A855AA #BD7EBE #D2A7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#A855AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#A855AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A855AA

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A855AA	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C6EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6579A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.154 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c488c3',
    500: '#a855aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855aa;
$custom-light: #c488c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.588,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58095,
    "c": 0.15381,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855AA

secondary

#9BC09A

accent

#C95E61

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#130C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855AA

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

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