#A855B9#A855B9

#A855B9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.168 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855B9
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 185)
HSL	hsl(290, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(290, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 54.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.89, 49.29, -38.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.89, 62.58, 321.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% 0.1301 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.168 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1529, 18.3258, 47.9438)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855B9 #66B955

analogous

#7655B9 #A855B9 #B95598

triadic

#A855B9 #B9A855 #55B9A8

tetradic

#A855B9 #B97655 #66B955 #5598B9

square

#A855B9 #B97655 #66B955 #5598B9

split-complementary

#A855B9 #98B955 #55B976

monochromatic

#5E2B69 #853D94 #A855B9 #BE80CB #D4ACDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#A855B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#A855B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855B9

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855B9	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4371BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7AB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9637F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.168 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c488ce',
    500: '#a855b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855b9;
$custom-light: #c488ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.8,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58869,
    "c": 0.16845,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855B9

secondary

#A7CB9F

accent

#D1566B

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855B9

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

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