#A855AB#A855AB

#A855AB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.155 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855AB
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 171)
HSL	hsl(298, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(298, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 50.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.21, 46.59, -31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.21, 56.21, 325.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.1284 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.155 326)
XYZ	xyz(26.7471, 17.7635, 40.5400)
Luminance	0.1776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A855AB #58AB55

analogous

#7D55AB #A855AB #AB5583

triadic

#A855AB #ABA855 #55ABA8

tetradic

#A855AB #AB7D55 #58AB55 #5583AB

square

#A855AB #AB7D55 #58AB55 #5583AB

split-complementary

#A855AB #83AB55 #55AB7D

monochromatic

#582C59 #804082 #A855AB #BD7EBF #D2A7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#A855AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#A855AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A855AB

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A855AB	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C6EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6579A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.155 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c488c4',
    500: '#a855ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855ab;
$custom-light: #c488c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.907,
    "s": 33.858,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58145,
    "c": 0.15477,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.17762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855AB

secondary

#9CC19B

accent

#CA5E62

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#130C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855AB

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

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