#A855EE#A855EE

#A855EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.223 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855EE
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 238)
HSL	hsl(273, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 64.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, 60.61, -63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 88.07, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% 0.1305 -0.181)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.223 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8262, 20.9952, 83.0901)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855EE #9BEE55

analogous

#5B55EE #A855EE #EE55E7

triadic

#A855EE #EEA855 #55EEA8

tetradic

#A855EE #EE5B55 #9BEE55 #55E7EE

square

#A855EE #EE5B55 #9BEE55 #55E7EE

split-complementary

#A855EE #E7EE55 #55EE5B

monochromatic

#6B12B6 #8C1DE8 #A855EE #C48DF4 #E1C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#A855EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#A855EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855EE

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855EE	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E7FEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C769A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.223 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68af4',
    500: '#a855ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855ee;
$custom-light: #c68af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.549,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62075,
    "c": 0.22317,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855EE

secondary

#CDEBB4

accent

#DE076A

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855EE

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

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