#A855EA#A855EA

#A855EA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.219 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855EA
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 234)
HSL	hsl(273, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 63.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, 59.71, -62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 86.13, 313.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% 0.1308 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.219 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2451, 20.7627, 80.0295)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855EA #97EA55

analogous

#5E55EA #A855EA #EA55E1

triadic

#A855EA #EAA855 #55EAA8

tetradic

#A855EA #EA5E55 #97EA55 #55E1EA

square

#A855EA #EA5E55 #97EA55 #55E1EA

split-complementary

#A855EA #E1EA55 #55EA5E

monochromatic

#6B16AF #8C1FE3 #A855EA #C48BF1 #E0C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#A855EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#A855EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855EA

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855EA	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347EE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.219 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68af1',
    500: '#a855ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855ea;
$custom-light: #c68af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.423,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61809,
    "c": 0.219,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855EA

secondary

#CAE8B2

accent

#DA0B67

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855EA

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

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