#A855AE#A855AE

#A855AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.158 H 324.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855AE
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 174)
HSL	hsl(296, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(296, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 51.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, 47.15, -32.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 57.55, 325.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.1288 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.158 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0363, 17.8792, 42.0631)
Luminance	0.1788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A855AE #5BAE55

analogous

#7B55AE #A855AE #AE5587

triadic

#A855AE #AEA855 #55AEA8

tetradic

#A855AE #AE7B55 #5BAE55 #5587AE

square

#A855AE #AE7B55 #5BAE55 #5587AE

split-complementary

#A855AE #87AE55 #55AE7B

monochromatic

#592C5D #814086 #A855AE #BD7EC2 #D2A8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#A855AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#A855AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A855AE

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A855AE	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A6FB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6379AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB607A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.158 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c488c6',
    500: '#a855ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855ae;
$custom-light: #c488c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.955,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58295,
    "c": 0.15764,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855AE

secondary

#9EC39C

accent

#CB5C64

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#130C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855AE

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

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