#A855BF#A855BF

#A855BF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.174 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855BF
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 191)
HSL	hsl(287, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(287, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 55.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 50.50, -41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 65.39, 320.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% 0.1307 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.174 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7997, 18.5845, 51.3502)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A855BF #6CBF55

analogous

#7355BF #A855BF #BF55A1

triadic

#A855BF #BFA855 #55BFA8

tetradic

#A855BF #BF7355 #6CBF55 #55A1BF

square

#A855BF #BF7355 #6CBF55 #55A1BF

split-complementary

#A855BF #A1BF55 #55BF73

monochromatic

#602A70 #873B9C #A855BF #BF81D0 #D6AEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#A855BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#A855BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855BF

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855BF	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E72C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.174 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c489d3',
    500: '#a855bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855bf;
$custom-light: #c489d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.981,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59196,
    "c": 0.17448,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855BF

secondary

#ABCEA1

accent

#D5536F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#130C14

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855BF

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

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