#A855F7

Tailwind purple-500

#A855F7 is a violet colour. In RGB it is 168 red, 85 green and 247 blue, which converts to a hue of 271 degrees, 91% saturation and 65% lightness. It is Tailwind purple-500 in that design system's palette.

Color values

HEX	#A855F7
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 247)
HSL	hsl(271, 91%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(271, 66%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 66%, 0%, 3%)

Contrast and accessibility

Against white the contrast ratio is 3.96:1, and against black it is 5.31:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text.

Background	Ratio	Normal text	Large text
White	3.96:1	Fail	AA
Black	5.31:1	AA	AAA

Tints and shades

Lighter tints move #A855F7 toward white, and darker shades move it toward black.

Tints

Shades

Color harmonies

Complementary

#A3F755

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Code

CSS	color: #A855F7;
CSS rgb()	color: rgb(168 85 247);
Tailwind	bg-[#a855f7]
SwiftUI	Color(red: 0.659, green: 0.333, blue: 0.969)
Android	Color.parseColor("#A855F7")

Closest named color

The nearest CSS colour keyword to #A855F7 is mediumorchid (#BA55D3).