#A855D6#A855D6

#A855D6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.198 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855D6
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 214)
HSL	hsl(279, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 60.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, 55.31, -52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 76.41, 316.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% 0.1315 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.198 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5323, 19.6776, 65.7424)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855D6 #83D655

analogous

#6755D6 #A855D6 #D655C3

triadic

#A855D6 #D6A855 #55D6A8

tetradic

#A855D6 #D66755 #83D655 #55C3D6

square

#A855D6 #D66755 #83D655 #55C3D6

split-complementary

#A855D6 #C3D655 #55D667

monochromatic

#68228E #8C2EC0 #A855D6 #C186E2 #DAB8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#A855D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#A855D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855D6

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855D6	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2477DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A7CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.198 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589e3',
    500: '#a855d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855d6;
$custom-light: #c589e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.605,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60537,
    "c": 0.19815,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855D6

secondary

#BCDDAA

accent

#E4447D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C15

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855D6

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

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