#A855D3#A855D3

#A855D3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.195 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855D3
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 211)
HSL	hsl(280, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 59.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, 54.67, -51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 74.95, 316.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.1315 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.195 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1527, 19.5258, 63.7432)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855D3 #80D355

analogous

#6955D3 #A855D3 #D355BF

triadic

#A855D3 #D3A855 #55D3A8

tetradic

#A855D3 #D36955 #80D355 #55BFD3

square

#A855D3 #D36955 #80D355 #55BFD3

split-complementary

#A855D3 #BFD355 #55D369

monochromatic

#67248A #8B30BB #A855D3 #C186E0 #DAB6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#A855D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#A855D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855D3

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855D3	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2976D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D7CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.195 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589e1',
    500: '#a855d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855d3;
$custom-light: #c589e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.524,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60354,
    "c": 0.19504,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855D3

secondary

#BADBA9

accent

#E2467B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855D3

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

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