#A855CE#A855CE

#A855CE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.190 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855CE
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 206)
HSL	hsl(281, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 58.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, 53.60, -48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 72.54, 317.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.1314 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.19 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5357, 19.2789, 60.4932)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855CE #7BCE55

analogous

#6C55CE #A855CE #CE55B8

triadic

#A855CE #CEA855 #55CEA8

tetradic

#A855CE #CE6C55 #7BCE55 #55B8CE

square

#A855CE #CE6C55 #7BCE55 #55B8CE

split-complementary

#A855CE #B8CE55 #55CE6C

monochromatic

#662683 #8B33B2 #A855CE #C085DC #D9B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#A855CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#A855CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855CE

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855CE	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F75D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.190 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589dd',
    500: '#a855ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855ce;
$custom-light: #c589dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.157,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60055,
    "c": 0.18986,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855CE

secondary

#B6D8A7

accent

#DF4978

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855CE

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

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