#A855DB#A855DB

#A855DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.203 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855DB
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 219)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 61.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.77, 56.39, -55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.77, 78.83, 315.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.1315 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.203 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1807, 19.9370, 69.1571)
Luminance	0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855DB #88DB55

analogous

#6555DB #A855DB #DB55CB

triadic

#A855DB #DBA855 #55DBA8

tetradic

#A855DB #DB6555 #88DB55 #55CBDB

square

#A855DB #DB6555 #88DB55 #55CBDB

split-complementary

#A855DB #CBDB55 #55DB65

monochromatic

#692096 #8C2AC8 #A855DB #C288E6 #DCBAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#A855DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#A855DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855DB

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855DB	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A78DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.203 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589e7',
    500: '#a855db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855db;
$custom-light: #c589e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.164,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60846,
    "c": 0.20336,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855DB

secondary

#C0E0AC

accent

#E84080

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855DB

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

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