#A855D7#A855D7

#A855D7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.199 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855D7
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 215)
HSL	hsl(278, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 60.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.53, 55.53, -53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.53, 76.89, 316.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% 0.1315 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.199 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6604, 19.7288, 66.4170)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855D7 #84D755

analogous

#6755D7 #A855D7 #D755C5

triadic

#A855D7 #D7A855 #55D7A8

tetradic

#A855D7 #D76755 #84D755 #55C5D7

square

#A855D7 #D76755 #84D755 #55C5D7

split-complementary

#A855D7 #C5D755 #55D767

monochromatic

#682290 #8C2DC1 #A855D7 #C187E3 #DBB8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#A855D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#A855D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855D7

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855D7	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2277DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#497CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.199 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589e4',
    500: '#a855d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855d7;
$custom-light: #c589e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.308,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60598,
    "c": 0.19919,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855D7

secondary

#BDDEAA

accent

#E5437D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855D7

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

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