#A855BA#A855BA

#A855BA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.169 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855BA
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 186)
HSL	hsl(289, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(289, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 54.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, 49.49, -39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 63.04, 321.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% 0.1302 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.169 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2588, 18.3682, 48.5017)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855BA #67BA55

analogous

#7555BA #A855BA #BA5599

triadic

#A855BA #BAA855 #55BAA8

tetradic

#A855BA #BA7555 #67BA55 #5599BA

square

#A855BA #BA7555 #67BA55 #5599BA

split-complementary

#A855BA #99BA55 #55BA75

monochromatic

#5F2B6A #853D95 #A855BA #BE81CC #D5ACDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#A855BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#A855BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855BA

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855BA	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	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)

#4271BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9647F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.169 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c488cf',
    500: '#a855ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855ba;
$custom-light: #c488cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.307,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58923,
    "c": 0.16945,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855BA

secondary

#A7CBA0

accent

#D2566C

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855BA

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

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