#A855E6#A855E6

#A855E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.215 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855E6
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, 58.82, -60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 84.18, 314.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% 0.131 -0.1702)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.215 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6769, 20.5354, 77.0372)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855E6 #93E655

analogous

#6055E6 #A855E6 #E655DB

triadic

#A855E6 #E6A855 #55E6A8

tetradic

#A855E6 #E66055 #93E655 #55DBE6

square

#A855E6 #E66055 #93E655 #55DBE6

split-complementary

#A855E6 #DBE655 #55E660

monochromatic

#6B19A8 #8D21DD #A855E6 #C38AEE #DFC0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#A855E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#A855E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855E6

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855E6	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.215 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c689ef',
    500: '#a855e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855e6;
$custom-light: #c689ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.345,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61547,
    "c": 0.21483,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855E6

secondary

#C8E6B1

accent

#D60F64

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855E6

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

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