#A855AF#A855AF

#A855AF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.159 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855AF
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 175)
HSL	hsl(295, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(295, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 51.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.40, 47.34, -33.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.40, 58.00, 324.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.1289 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.159 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1341, 17.9183, 42.5785)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855AF #5CAF55

analogous

#7B55AF #A855AF #AF5589

triadic

#A855AF #AFA855 #55AFA8

tetradic

#A855AF #AF7B55 #5CAF55 #5589AF

square

#A855AF #AF7B55 #5CAF55 #5589AF

split-complementary

#A855AF #89AF55 #55AF7B

monochromatic

#5A2C5E #824087 #A855AF #BD7FC3 #D3A8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#A855AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#A855AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855AF

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855AF	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#496FB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6379AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB607A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.159 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c488c7',
    500: '#a855af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855af;
$custom-light: #c488c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58346,
    "c": 0.15861,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855AF

secondary

#9FC49C

accent

#CC5C65

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#130C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855AF

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

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