#A855DE#A855DE

#A855DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.206 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855DE
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 222)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(276, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 61.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.95, 57.05, -56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.95, 80.29, 315.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% 0.1314 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.206 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5792, 20.0964, 71.2558)
Luminance	0.2010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855DE #8BDE55

analogous

#6355DE #A855DE #DE55D0

triadic

#A855DE #DEA855 #55DEA8

tetradic

#A855DE #DE6355 #8BDE55 #55D0DE

square

#A855DE #DE6355 #8BDE55 #55D0DE

split-complementary

#A855DE #D0DE55 #55DE63

monochromatic

#691E9B #8C28CE #A855DE #C288E8 #DCBCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#A855DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#A855DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855DE

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855DE	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1178E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A17092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.206 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c689e9',
    500: '#a855de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855de;
$custom-light: #c689e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.35,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61034,
    "c": 0.20648,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855DE

secondary

#C2E2AD

accent

#CF165F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855DE

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

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