#A855BC#A855BC

#A855BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.171 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855BC
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 188)
HSL	hsl(288, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(288, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 54.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, 49.89, -40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 63.98, 321.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% 0.1304 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.171 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4729, 18.4538, 49.6293)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855BC #69BC55

analogous

#7455BC #A855BC #BC559C

triadic

#A855BC #BCA855 #55BCA8

tetradic

#A855BC #BC7455 #69BC55 #559CBC

square

#A855BC #BC7455 #69BC55 #559CBC

split-complementary

#A855BC #9CBC55 #55BC74

monochromatic

#5F2B6C #863C98 #A855BC #BE81CD #D5ADDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#A855BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#A855BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855BC

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855BC	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4171BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.171 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c489d0',
    500: '#a855bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855bc;
$custom-light: #c489d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.35,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59031,
    "c": 0.17146,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855BC

secondary

#A9CCA0

accent

#D3556D

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855BC

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

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