#A855C8#A855C8

#A855C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.184 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855C8
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 200)
HSL	hsl(283, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(283, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 57.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, 52.34, -45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 69.66, 318.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% 0.1312 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.184 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8207, 18.9929, 56.7275)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855C8 #75C855

analogous

#6E55C8 #A855C8 #C855AE

triadic

#A855C8 #C8A855 #55C8A8

tetradic

#A855C8 #C86E55 #75C855 #55AEC8

square

#A855C8 #C86E55 #75C855 #55AEC8

split-complementary

#A855C8 #AEC855 #55C86E

monochromatic

#64287B #8937A9 #A855C8 #C083D7 #D7B1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#A855C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#A855C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855C8

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855C8	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3674CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.184 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589d9',
    500: '#a855c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855c8;
$custom-light: #c589d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.304,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59704,
    "c": 0.18367,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855C8

secondary

#B2D4A5

accent

#DB4D75

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855C8

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

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