#A855C2#A855C2

#A855C2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.178 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855C2
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 194)
HSL	hsl(286, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(286, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 56.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 51.11, -43.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 66.81, 319.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.1309 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.178 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1332, 18.7179, 53.1068)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855C2 #6FC255

analogous

#7255C2 #A855C2 #C255A6

triadic

#A855C2 #C2A855 #55C2A8

tetradic

#A855C2 #C27255 #6FC255 #55A6C2

square

#A855C2 #C27255 #6FC255 #55A6C2

split-complementary

#A855C2 #A6C255 #55C272

monochromatic

#622973 #883AA0 #A855C2 #BF82D2 #D6AFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#A855C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#A855C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855C2

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855C2	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C72C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597BBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.178 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c489d5',
    500: '#a855c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855c2;
$custom-light: #c489d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.688,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59363,
    "c": 0.17754,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855C2

secondary

#ADD0A2

accent

#D75171

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#130C14

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855C2

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

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