#A855E5#A855E5

#A855E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.214 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855E5
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(275, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 58.60, -59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 83.69, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% 0.1311 -0.1689)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.214 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5369, 20.4794, 76.2997)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855E5 #92E555

analogous

#6055E5 #A855E5 #E555DA

triadic

#A855E5 #E5A855 #55E5A8

tetradic

#A855E5 #E56055 #92E555 #55DAE5

square

#A855E5 #E56055 #92E555 #55DAE5

split-complementary

#A855E5 #DAE555 #55E560

monochromatic

#6B19A6 #8D22DB #A855E5 #C38AED #DEBFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#A855E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#A855E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855E5

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855E5	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.214 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c689ee',
    500: '#a855e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855e5;
$custom-light: #c689ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.583,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61482,
    "c": 0.21379,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855E5

secondary

#C7E6B0

accent

#D61064

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855E5

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

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