#A855DF#A855DF

#A855DF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.208 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855DF
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 223)
HSL	hsl(276, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(276, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 61.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, 57.27, -56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 80.77, 315.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% 0.1313 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.208 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7136, 20.1501, 71.9638)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855DF #8CDF55

analogous

#6355DF #A855DF #DF55D1

triadic

#A855DF #DFA855 #55DFA8

tetradic

#A855DF #DF6355 #8CDF55 #55D1DF

square

#A855DF #DF6355 #8CDF55 #55D1DF

split-complementary

#A855DF #D1DF55 #55DF63

monochromatic

#6A1D9C #8D27D0 #A855DF #C289E9 #DDBCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#A855DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#A855DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855DF

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855DF	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D78E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A07092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.208 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c689ea',
    500: '#a855df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855df;
$custom-light: #c689ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.087,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61098,
    "c": 0.20752,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855DF

secondary

#C3E2AE

accent

#D01560

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855DF

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

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