#A855E7#A855E7

#A855E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.216 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855E7
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 231)
HSL	hsl(274, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 63.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, 59.04, -60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 84.67, 314.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% 0.131 -0.1716)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.216 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8177, 20.5918, 77.7789)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855E7 #94E755

analogous

#5F55E7 #A855E7 #E755DD

triadic

#A855E7 #E7A855 #55E7A8

tetradic

#A855E7 #E75F55 #94E755 #55DDE7

square

#A855E7 #E75F55 #94E755 #55DDE7

split-complementary

#A855E7 #DDE755 #55E75F

monochromatic

#6B18AA #8D20DF #A855E7 #C38BEF #DFC0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#A855E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#A855E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855E7

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855E7	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.216 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68aef',
    500: '#a855e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855e7;
$custom-light: #c68aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.11,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61612,
    "c": 0.21587,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855E7

secondary

#C8E7B1

accent

#D70E65

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855E7

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

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