#A855FA#A855FA

#A855FA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.236 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A855FA
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 250)
HSL	hsl(270, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(270, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 66%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, 63.35, -69.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 93.90, 312.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.1294 -0.197)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.236 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6483, 21.7240, 92.6864)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A855FA #A7FA55

analogous

#5555FA #A855FA #FA55F9

triadic

#A855FA #FAA855 #55FAA8

tetradic

#A855FA #FA5555 #A7FA55 #55F9FA

square

#A855FA #FA5555 #A7FA55 #55F9FA

split-complementary

#A855FA #F9FA55 #55FA55

monochromatic

#6B06CF #8A1AF8 #A855FA #C690FC #E5CCFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#A855FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#A855FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A855FA

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A855FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A855FA	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D80F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a855fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.236 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78afd',
    500: '#a855fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a855fa;
$custom-light: #c78afd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a855fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.182,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62892,
    "c": 0.23566,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A855FA

secondary

#D5F1BA

accent

#E60072

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FF

border

#D2CBD7

text

#140C18

muted

#827D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #A855FA

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

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