#A855EF#A855EF

#A855EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.224 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855EF
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 239)
HSL	hsl(272, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 64.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.01, 60.84, -64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.01, 88.56, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% 0.1304 -0.1824)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.224 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9735, 21.0541, 83.8660)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855EF #9CEF55

analogous

#5B55EF #A855EF #EF55E9

triadic

#A855EF #EFA855 #55EFA8

tetradic

#A855EF #EF5B55 #9CEF55 #55E9EF

square

#A855EF #EF5B55 #9CEF55 #55E9EF

split-complementary

#A855EF #E9EF55 #55EF5B

monochromatic

#6B11B8 #8B1DEA #A855EF #C58DF4 #E1C5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#A855EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#A855EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855EF

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855EF	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C7FEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C769B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.224 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78af5',
    500: '#a855ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855ef;
$custom-light: #c78af5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.338,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62141,
    "c": 0.22421,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855EF

secondary

#CEEBB5

accent

#DF066A

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855EF

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

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