#A855C1#A855C1

#A855C1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.177 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855C1
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 193)
HSL	hsl(286, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(286, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 56%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.30, 50.90, -42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.30, 66.33, 320.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% 0.1308 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.177 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0212, 18.6732, 52.5173)
Luminance	0.1867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855C1 #6EC155

analogous

#7255C1 #A855C1 #C155A4

triadic

#A855C1 #C1A855 #55C1A8

tetradic

#A855C1 #C17255 #6EC155 #55A4C1

square

#A855C1 #C17255 #6EC155 #55A4C1

split-complementary

#A855C1 #A4C155 #55C172

monochromatic

#612A72 #883A9F #A855C1 #BF82D1 #D6AFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#A855C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#A855C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855C1

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855C1	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)

#3D72C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597ABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.177 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c489d4',
    500: '#a855c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855c1;
$custom-light: #c489d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.111,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59307,
    "c": 0.17652,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855C1

secondary

#ADD0A2

accent

#D65270

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#130C14

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855C1

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

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