#A855C7#A855C7

#A855C7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.183 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855C7
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 199)
HSL	hsl(284, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(284, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 57.3%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 52.14, -45.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 69.19, 318.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.1312 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.183 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7042, 18.9463, 56.1140)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855C7 #74C755

analogous

#6F55C7 #A855C7 #C755AD

triadic

#A855C7 #C7A855 #55C7A8

tetradic

#A855C7 #C76F55 #74C755 #55ADC7

square

#A855C7 #C76F55 #74C755 #55ADC7

split-complementary

#A855C7 #ADC755 #55C76F

monochromatic

#63287A #8937A8 #A855C7 #C083D6 #D7B1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#A855C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#A855C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855C7

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855C7	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3773CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557BC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.183 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589d8',
    500: '#a855c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855c7;
$custom-light: #c589d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.684,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59647,
    "c": 0.18264,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855C7

secondary

#B1D4A4

accent

#DA4E74

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#130C14

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855C7

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

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