#A855DD#A855DD

#A855DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.205 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855DD
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(277, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 61.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, 56.83, -56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 79.80, 315.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% 0.1314 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.205 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4456, 20.0429, 70.5520)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855DD #8ADD55

analogous

#6455DD #A855DD #DD55CE

triadic

#A855DD #DDA855 #55DDA8

tetradic

#A855DD #DD6455 #8ADD55 #55CEDD

square

#A855DD #DD6455 #8ADD55 #55CEDD

split-complementary

#A855DD #CEDD55 #55DD64

monochromatic

#691F99 #8C29CC #A855DD #C288E7 #DCBBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#A855DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#A855DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855DD

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855DD	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1478E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A17091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.205 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589e8',
    500: '#a855dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855dd;
$custom-light: #c589e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.618,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60971,
    "c": 0.20544,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855DD

secondary

#C1E1AD

accent

#EA3E81

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855DD

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

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