#A855D5#A855D5

#A855D5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.197 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855D5
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 213)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 60.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.41, 55.09, -52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.41, 75.92, 316.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% 0.1315 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.197 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4050, 19.6267, 65.0719)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855D5 #82D555

analogous

#6855D5 #A855D5 #D555C2

triadic

#A855D5 #D5A855 #55D5A8

tetradic

#A855D5 #D56855 #82D555 #55C2D5

square

#A855D5 #D56855 #82D555 #55C2D5

split-complementary

#A855D5 #C2D555 #55D568

monochromatic

#68238D #8C2FBE #A855D5 #C186E1 #DAB7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#A855D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#A855D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855D5

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855D5	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2576D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B7CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.197 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589e2',
    500: '#a855d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855d5;
$custom-light: #c589e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.906,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60476,
    "c": 0.19711,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855D5

secondary

#BBDCA9

accent

#E4447C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855D5

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

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