#A855F2#A855F2

#A855F2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.227 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855F2
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 242)
HSL	hsl(272, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 65%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 64.9%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, 61.52, -65.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 90.02, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% 0.1302 -0.1864)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.227 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4204, 21.2328, 86.2195)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855F2 #9FF255

analogous

#5A55F2 #A855F2 #F255ED

triadic

#A855F2 #F2A855 #55F2A8

tetradic

#A855F2 #F25A55 #9FF255 #55EDF2

square

#A855F2 #F25A55 #9FF255 #55EDF2

split-complementary

#A855F2 #EDF255 #55F25A

monochromatic

#6B0FBE #8B1CEE #A855F2 #C58EF6 #E2C7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#A855F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#A855F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855F2

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855F2	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#267FEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B779C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.227 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78af7',
    500: '#a855f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855f2;
$custom-light: #c78af7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.72,
    "s": 85.792,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62344,
    "c": 0.22734,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855F2

secondary

#D0EDB6

accent

#E2036C

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FF

border

#D2CBD7

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855F2

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

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