#A855BB#A855BB

#A855BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.170 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855BB
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 187)
HSL	hsl(289, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(289, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 54.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.99, 49.69, -39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.99, 63.51, 321.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% 0.1303 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.17 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3655, 18.4109, 49.0636)
Luminance	0.1841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855BB #68BB55

analogous

#7555BB #A855BB #BB559B

triadic

#A855BB #BBA855 #55BBA8

tetradic

#A855BB #BB7555 #68BB55 #559BBB

square

#A855BB #BB7555 #68BB55 #559BBB

split-complementary

#A855BB #9BBB55 #55BB75

monochromatic

#5F2B6B #863C97 #A855BB #BE81CC #D5ACDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#A855BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#A855BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855BB

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855BB	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4171BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7AB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.170 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c488d0',
    500: '#a855bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855bb;
$custom-light: #c488d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.824,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58977,
    "c": 0.17046,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855BB

secondary

#A8CCA0

accent

#D3556D

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855BB

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

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