#A855D8#A855D8

#A855D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.200 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855D8
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 216)
HSL	hsl(278, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 60.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, 55.74, -53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 77.37, 316.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% 0.1315 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.2 311)
XYZ	xyz(31.7893, 19.7804, 67.0958)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855D8 #85D855

analogous

#6755D8 #A855D8 #D855C7

triadic

#A855D8 #D8A855 #55D8A8

tetradic

#A855D8 #D86755 #85D855 #55C7D8

square

#A855D8 #D86755 #85D855 #55C7D8

split-complementary

#A855D8 #C7D855 #55D867

monochromatic

#682191 #8C2DC3 #A855D8 #C187E3 #DBB9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#A855D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#A855D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855D8

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855D8	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2077DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#487DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.200 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589e5',
    500: '#a855d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855d8;
$custom-light: #c589e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.015,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6066,
    "c": 0.20023,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.1978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855D8

secondary

#BEDEAB

accent

#E6427E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855D8

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

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