#A855E8#A855E8

#A855E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.217 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855E8
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 232)
HSL	hsl(274, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 63.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, 59.27, -61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 85.15, 314.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% 0.1309 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.217 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9594, 20.6484, 78.5248)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855E8 #95E855

analogous

#5F55E8 #A855E8 #E855DE

triadic

#A855E8 #E8A855 #55E8A8

tetradic

#A855E8 #E85F55 #95E855 #55DEE8

square

#A855E8 #E85F55 #95E855 #55DEE8

split-complementary

#A855E8 #DEE855 #55E85F

monochromatic

#6B17AB #8C1FE1 #A855E8 #C48BEF #DFC1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#A855E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#A855E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855E8

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855E8	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.217 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68af0',
    500: '#a855e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855e8;
$custom-light: #c68af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.878,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61678,
    "c": 0.21691,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855E8

secondary

#C9E7B1

accent

#D80D66

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855E8

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

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