#A856BD#A856BD

#A856BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.171 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856BD
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 189)
HSL	hsl(288, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(288, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 54.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.28, 49.59, -40.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.28, 63.87, 320.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.1292 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.171 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6604, 18.6557, 50.2255)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A856BD #6BBD56

analogous

#7556BD #A856BD #BD569F

triadic

#A856BD #BDA856 #56BDA8

tetradic

#A856BD #BD7556 #6BBD56 #569FBD

square

#A856BD #BD7556 #6BBD56 #569FBD

split-complementary

#A856BD #9FBD56 #56BD75

monochromatic

#602B6E #873C9A #A856BD #BF82CE #D5AEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#A856BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#A856BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856BD

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856BD	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4172C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.171 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c489d1',
    500: '#a856bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856bd;
$custom-light: #c489d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.767,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59224,
    "c": 0.17088,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856BD

secondary

#AACDA1

accent

#D4546E

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856BD

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

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