#A855C0#A855C0

#A855C0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.175 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855C0
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 192)
HSL	hsl(287, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(287, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 55.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 50.70, -42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 65.86, 320.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.1308 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.176 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9101, 18.6287, 51.9318)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855C0 #6DC055

analogous

#7355C0 #A855C0 #C055A3

triadic

#A855C0 #C0A855 #55C0A8

tetradic

#A855C0 #C07355 #6DC055 #55A3C0

square

#A855C0 #C07355 #6DC055 #55A3C0

split-complementary

#A855C0 #A3C055 #55C073

monochromatic

#612A71 #873A9D #A855C0 #BF82D1 #D6AEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#A855C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#A855C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855C0

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855C0	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D72C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.175 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c489d3',
    500: '#a855c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855c0;
$custom-light: #c489d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.542,
    "s": 45.923,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59251,
    "c": 0.1755,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855C0

secondary

#ACCFA2

accent

#D65270

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#130C14

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855C0

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

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