#A856BA#A856BA

#A856BA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.168 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856BA
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 186)
HSL	hsl(289, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(289, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 53.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.13, 48.99, -38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.13, 62.46, 321.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.1289 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.168 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3381, 18.5268, 48.5282)
Luminance	0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856BA #68BA56

analogous

#7656BA #A856BA #BA569A

triadic

#A856BA #BAA856 #56BAA8

tetradic

#A856BA #BA7656 #68BA56 #569ABA

square

#A856BA #BA7656 #68BA56 #569ABA

split-complementary

#A856BA #9ABA56 #56BA76

monochromatic

#5F2B6A #863D96 #A856BA #BE81CC #D5ADDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#A856BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#A856BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856BA

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856BA	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4472BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.168 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c489cf',
    500: '#a856ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856ba;
$custom-light: #c489cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.2,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59062,
    "c": 0.16786,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856BA

secondary

#A8CBA0

accent

#D2566C

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856BA

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

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