#A855AD#A855AD

#A855AD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.157 H 325.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855AD
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 173)
HSL	hsl(297, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(297, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 50.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.30, 46.96, -32.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.30, 57.10, 325.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.1286 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.157 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9392, 17.8403, 41.5516)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855AD #5AAD55

analogous

#7C55AD #A855AD #AD5586

triadic

#A855AD #ADA855 #55ADA8

tetradic

#A855AD #AD7C55 #5AAD55 #5586AD

square

#A855AD #AD7C55 #5AAD55 #5586AD

split-complementary

#A855AD #86AD55 #55AD7C

monochromatic

#592C5B #814085 #A855AD #BD7EC1 #D2A8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#A855AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#A855AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A855AD

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A855AD	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B6FB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6479AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.157 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c488c6',
    500: '#a855ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855ad;
$custom-light: #c488c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.591,
    "s": 34.921,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58245,
    "c": 0.15667,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855AD

secondary

#9EC29B

accent

#CB5D63

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#130C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855AD

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

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