#A83BCD#A83BCD

#A83BCD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.223 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83BCD
RGB	rgb(168, 59, 205)
HSL	hsl(285, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(285, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 71.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 64.90, -55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 85.11, 319.69°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.1609 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.223 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7301, 15.8617, 59.2940)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83BCD #60CD3B

analogous

#5F3BCD #A83BCD #CD3BA9

triadic

#A83BCD #CDA83B #3BCDA8

tetradic

#A83BCD #CD5F3B #60CD3B #3BA9CD

square

#A83BCD #CD5F3B #60CD3B #3BA9CD

split-complementary

#A83BCD #A9CD3B #3BCD5F

monochromatic

#5C1D71 #8329A2 #A83BCD #BE6CD9 #D39DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#A83BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#A83BCD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83BCD

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83BCD	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A72CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A65980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 59, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.223 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67bdd',
    500: '#a83bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83bcd;
$custom-light: #c67bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.795,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56994,
    "c": 0.22336,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83BCD

secondary

#A2D292

accent

#E3456D

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83BCD

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

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