#A855BD#A855BD

#A855BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.172 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855BD
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 189)
HSL	hsl(288, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(288, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 55%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 50.09, -40.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 64.45, 321.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.1305 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.172 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5811, 18.4971, 50.1990)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A855BD #6ABD55

analogous

#7455BD #A855BD #BD559E

triadic

#A855BD #BDA855 #55BDA8

tetradic

#A855BD #BD7455 #6ABD55 #559EBD

square

#A855BD #BD7455 #6ABD55 #559EBD

split-complementary

#A855BD #9EBD55 #55BD74

monochromatic

#602A6D #863C99 #A855BD #BF81CE #D5ADDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#A855BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#A855BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855BD

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855BD	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4072C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.172 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c489d1',
    500: '#a855bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855bd;
$custom-light: #c489d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.885,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59086,
    "c": 0.17247,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855BD

secondary

#AACDA1

accent

#D4546E

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855BD

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

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