#A855E4#A855E4

#A855E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.213 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855E4
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(275, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, 58.38, -59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 83.21, 314.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% 0.1311 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.213 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3977, 20.4237, 75.5665)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855E4 #91E455

analogous

#6155E4 #A855E4 #E455D9

triadic

#A855E4 #E4A855 #55E4A8

tetradic

#A855E4 #E46155 #91E455 #55D9E4

square

#A855E4 #E46155 #91E455 #55D9E4

split-complementary

#A855E4 #D9E455 #55E461

monochromatic

#6A1AA4 #8D23D9 #A855E4 #C38AEC #DEBFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#A855E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#A855E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855E4

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855E4	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.213 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c689ed',
    500: '#a855e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855e4;
$custom-light: #c689ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.825,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61418,
    "c": 0.21274,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855E4

secondary

#C6E5B0

accent

#D51163

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855E4

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

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