#A855CA#A855CA

#A855CA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.186 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855CA
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 202)
HSL	hsl(283, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(283, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 57.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 52.76, -46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 70.62, 318.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% 0.1313 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.186 315)
XYZ	xyz(30.0559, 19.0870, 57.9666)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855CA #77CA55

analogous

#6E55CA #A855CA #CA55B2

triadic

#A855CA #CAA855 #55CAA8

tetradic

#A855CA #CA6E55 #77CA55 #55B2CA

square

#A855CA #CA6E55 #77CA55 #55B2CA

split-complementary

#A855CA #B2CA55 #55CA6E

monochromatic

#64277D #8A36AC #A855CA #C084D9 #D8B2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#A855CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#A855CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855CA

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855CA	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3474CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537BC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.186 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589db',
    500: '#a855ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855ca;
$custom-light: #c589db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.564,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5982,
    "c": 0.18573,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.19086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855CA

secondary

#B3D5A5

accent

#DC4C76

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855CA

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

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