#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
RGBrgb(168, 86, 186)
HSLhsl(289, 42%, 53%)
HSVhsv(289, 54%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(9.7%, 53.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(50.13, 48.99, -38.76)
CIE-LCHlch(50.13, 62.46, 321.65°)
OKLaboklab(59.06% 0.1289 -0.1075)
OKLCHoklch(59.06% 0.168 320.2)
XYZxyz(28.3381, 18.5268, 48.5282)
Luminance0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##A856BA1.004.464.714.71
#FFFFFF4.461.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7121.001.001.00
##0000004.7121.001.001.00

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

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#A856BA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva