#A856BB#A856BB

#A856BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.169 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856BB
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 187)
HSL	hsl(289, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(289, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 54%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, 49.19, -39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 62.93, 321.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.129 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.169 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4448, 18.5694, 49.0900)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856BB #69BB56

analogous

#7556BB #A856BB #BB569B

triadic

#A856BB #BBA856 #56BBA8

tetradic

#A856BB #BB7556 #69BB56 #569BBB

square

#A856BB #BB7556 #69BB56 #569BBB

split-complementary

#A856BB #9BBB56 #56BB75

monochromatic

#5F2B6B #863D97 #A856BB #BE82CD #D5ADDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#A856BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#A856BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856BB

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856BB	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)

#4372BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7AB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.169 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c489d0',
    500: '#a856bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856bb;
$custom-light: #c489d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.713,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59116,
    "c": 0.16887,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856BB

secondary

#A9CCA1

accent

#D2556D

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856BB

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

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