#A855D4#A855D4

#A855D4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.196 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855D4
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 212)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 59.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.35, 54.88, -51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.35, 75.44, 316.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% 0.1315 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.196 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2785, 19.5761, 64.4055)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855D4 #81D455

analogous

#6955D4 #A855D4 #D455C0

triadic

#A855D4 #D4A855 #55D4A8

tetradic

#A855D4 #D46955 #81D455 #55C0D4

square

#A855D4 #D46955 #81D455 #55C0D4

split-complementary

#A855D4 #C0D455 #55D469

monochromatic

#67238B #8B30BC #A855D4 #C186E0 #DAB7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#A855D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#A855D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855D4

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855D4	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2776D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C7CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.196 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589e2',
    500: '#a855d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855d4;
$custom-light: #c589e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.213,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60415,
    "c": 0.19607,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855D4

secondary

#BBDCA9

accent

#E3457C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855D4

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

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