#A855D2#A855D2

#A855D2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.194 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855D2
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 210)
HSL	hsl(280, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 59.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, 54.45, -50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 74.47, 316.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% 0.1315 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.194 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0278, 19.4758, 63.0850)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855D2 #7FD255

analogous

#6955D2 #A855D2 #D255BE

triadic

#A855D2 #D2A855 #55D2A8

tetradic

#A855D2 #D26955 #7FD255 #55BED2

square

#A855D2 #D26955 #7FD255 #55BED2

split-complementary

#A855D2 #BED255 #55D269

monochromatic

#672488 #8B31B9 #A855D2 #C185DF #DAB6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#A855D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#A855D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855D2

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855D2	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A76D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D7CCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.194 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589e0',
    500: '#a855d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855d2;
$custom-light: #c589e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.84,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60294,
    "c": 0.19399,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855D2

secondary

#B9DAA8

accent

#E1467A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855D2

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

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