#A855D9#A855D9

#A855D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.201 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855D9
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 217)
HSL	hsl(278, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 60.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, 55.96, -54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 77.86, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% 0.1315 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.201 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9190, 19.8323, 67.7787)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855D9 #86D955

analogous

#6655D9 #A855D9 #D955C8

triadic

#A855D9 #D9A855 #55D9A8

tetradic

#A855D9 #D96655 #86D955 #55C8D9

square

#A855D9 #D96655 #86D955 #55C8D9

split-complementary

#A855D9 #C8D955 #55D966

monochromatic

#682193 #8C2CC5 #A855D9 #C287E4 #DBB9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#A855D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#A855D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855D9

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855D9	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E77DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#477DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.201 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589e5',
    500: '#a855d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855d9;
$custom-light: #c589e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.727,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60722,
    "c": 0.20127,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855D9

secondary

#BEDFAB

accent

#E6417F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855D9

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

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