#A855C3#A855C3

#A855C3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.179 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855C3
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 195)
HSL	hsl(285, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(285, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 56.4%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, 51.31, -43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 67.28, 319.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.131 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.179 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2459, 18.7630, 53.7002)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855C3 #70C355

analogous

#7155C3 #A855C3 #C355A7

triadic

#A855C3 #C3A855 #55C3A8

tetradic

#A855C3 #C37155 #70C355 #55A7C3

square

#A855C3 #C37155 #70C355 #55A7C3

split-complementary

#A855C3 #A7C355 #55C371

monochromatic

#622974 #8839A2 #A855C3 #BF82D3 #D6AFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#A855C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#A855C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855C3

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855C3	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B73C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587BC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.179 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c489d5',
    500: '#a855c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855c3;
$custom-light: #c489d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.273,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59419,
    "c": 0.17855,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855C3

secondary

#AED1A3

accent

#D75072

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#130C14

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855C3

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

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