#A855CB#A855CB

#A855CB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.187 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855CB
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 203)
HSL	hsl(282, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(282, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 58.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.84, 52.97, -47.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.84, 71.10, 318.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% 0.1313 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.187 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1747, 19.1346, 58.5922)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855CB #78CB55

analogous

#6D55CB #A855CB #CB55B3

triadic

#A855CB #CBA855 #55CBA8

tetradic

#A855CB #CB6D55 #78CB55 #55B3CB

square

#A855CB #CB6D55 #78CB55 #55B3CB

split-complementary

#A855CB #B3CB55 #55CB6D

monochromatic

#65277F #8A35AE #A855CB #C084D9 #D8B3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#A855CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#A855CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855CB

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855CB	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3374CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.187 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589db',
    500: '#a855cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855cb;
$custom-light: #c589db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.203,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59879,
    "c": 0.18676,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855CB

secondary

#B4D6A6

accent

#DD4B76

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855CB

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

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