#A855E2#A855E2

#A855E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.211 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855E2
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 226)
HSL	hsl(275, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(275, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 62.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, 57.93, -58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 82.23, 314.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% 0.1312 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.211 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1217, 20.3133, 74.1128)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855E2 #8FE255

analogous

#6155E2 #A855E2 #E255D5

triadic

#A855E2 #E2A855 #55E2A8

tetradic

#A855E2 #E26155 #8FE255 #55D5E2

square

#A855E2 #E26155 #8FE255 #55D5E2

split-complementary

#A855E2 #D5E255 #55E261

monochromatic

#6A1BA1 #8D24D5 #A855E2 #C389EB #DEBEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#A855E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#A855E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855E2

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855E2	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.211 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c689ec',
    500: '#a855e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855e2;
$custom-light: #c689ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.319,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61289,
    "c": 0.21066,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855E2

secondary

#C5E4AF

accent

#D31362

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855E2

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

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