#A855ED#A855ED

#A855ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.222 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855ED
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 237)
HSL	hsl(273, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 64.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, 60.39, -63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 87.59, 313.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% 0.1306 -0.1797)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.222 306)
XYZ	xyz(34.6797, 20.9366, 82.3185)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855ED #9AED55

analogous

#5C55ED #A855ED #ED55E6

triadic

#A855ED #EDA855 #55EDA8

tetradic

#A855ED #ED5C55 #9AED55 #55E6ED

square

#A855ED #ED5C55 #9AED55 #55E6ED

split-complementary

#A855ED #E6ED55 #55ED5C

monochromatic

#6B13B4 #8C1EE7 #A855ED #C48CF3 #E1C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#A855ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#A855ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855ED

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855ED	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F7FEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C759A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.222 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68af4',
    500: '#a855ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855ed;
$custom-light: #c68af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.763,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62008,
    "c": 0.22213,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.20936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855ED

secondary

#CCEAB4

accent

#DD0869

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855ED

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

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