#A855E3#A855E3

#A855E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.212 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855E3
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 227)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(275, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 62.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.25, 58.15, -58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.25, 82.72, 314.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% 0.1312 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.212 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2593, 20.3684, 74.8375)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855E3 #90E355

analogous

#6155E3 #A855E3 #E355D7

triadic

#A855E3 #E3A855 #55E3A8

tetradic

#A855E3 #E36155 #90E355 #55D7E3

square

#A855E3 #E36155 #90E355 #55D7E3

split-complementary

#A855E3 #D7E355 #55E361

monochromatic

#6A1BA3 #8D23D7 #A855E3 #C38AEC #DEBEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#A855E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#A855E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855E3

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855E3	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D7EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.212 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c689ec',
    500: '#a855e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855e3;
$custom-light: #c689ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.07,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61353,
    "c": 0.2117,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855E3

secondary

#C5E5AF

accent

#D41262

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855E3

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

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