#A855BE#A855BE

#A855BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.173 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855BE
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 190)
HSL	hsl(287, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(287, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 55.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 50.29, -41.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 64.92, 320.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% 0.1306 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.173 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6900, 18.5407, 50.7727)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855BE #6BBE55

analogous

#7455BE #A855BE #BE55A0

triadic

#A855BE #BEA855 #55BEA8

tetradic

#A855BE #BE7455 #6BBE55 #55A0BE

square

#A855BE #BE7455 #6BBE55 #55A0BE

split-complementary

#A855BE #A0BE55 #55BE74

monochromatic

#602A6E #873B9B #A855BE #BF81CF #D5AEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#A855BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#A855BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855BE

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855BE	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F72C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.173 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c489d2',
    500: '#a855be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855be;
$custom-light: #c489d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.429,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59141,
    "c": 0.17347,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855BE

secondary

#AACEA1

accent

#D4536E

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855BE

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

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