#A855CD#A855CD

#A855CD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.189 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855CD
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 205)
HSL	hsl(282, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 58.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, 53.39, -48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 72.06, 317.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60% 0.1314 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.189 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4146, 19.2305, 59.8555)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855CD #7ACD55

analogous

#6C55CD #A855CD #CD55B6

triadic

#A855CD #CDA855 #55CDA8

tetradic

#A855CD #CD6C55 #7ACD55 #55B6CD

square

#A855CD #CD6C55 #7ACD55 #55B6CD

split-complementary

#A855CD #B6CD55 #55CD6C

monochromatic

#652682 #8A34B1 #A855CD #C084DB #D8B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#A855CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#A855CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855CD

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855CD	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3175D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.189 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589dd',
    500: '#a855cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855cd;
$custom-light: #c589dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59996,
    "c": 0.18882,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855CD

secondary

#B6D7A6

accent

#DE4A78

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855CD

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

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