#A855B2#A855B2

#A855B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.162 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855B2
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 178)
HSL	hsl(294, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(294, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 52.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.54, 47.92, -35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.54, 59.36, 323.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% 0.1293 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.162 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4320, 18.0375, 44.1475)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855B2 #5FB255

analogous

#7A55B2 #A855B2 #B2558E

triadic

#A855B2 #B2A855 #55B2A8

tetradic

#A855B2 #B27A55 #5FB255 #558EB2

square

#A855B2 #B27A55 #5FB255 #558EB2

split-complementary

#A855B2 #8EB255 #55B27A

monochromatic

#5B2C61 #833F8B #A855B2 #BE7FC5 #D3A9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#A855B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#A855B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855B2

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855B2	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#486FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6179AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB617C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.162 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c488c9',
    500: '#a855b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855b2;
$custom-light: #c488c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.548,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.585,
    "c": 0.16153,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855B2

secondary

#A1C69D

accent

#CE5A67

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#130C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855B2

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

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