#A856BE#A856BE

#A856BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.172 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856BE
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 190)
HSL	hsl(287, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(287, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 54.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.33, 49.79, -40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.33, 64.34, 320.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.1293 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.172 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7693, 18.6992, 50.7991)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A856BE #6CBE56

analogous

#7456BE #A856BE #BE56A0

triadic

#A856BE #BEA856 #56BEA8

tetradic

#A856BE #BE7456 #6CBE56 #56A0BE

square

#A856BE #BE7456 #6CBE56 #56A0BE

split-complementary

#A856BE #A0BE56 #56BE74

monochromatic

#602B6F #873C9B #A856BE #BF82CF #D6AEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#A856BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#A856BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856BE

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856BE	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4172C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.172 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c489d2',
    500: '#a856be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856be;
$custom-light: #c489d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.308,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59279,
    "c": 0.17191,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856BE

secondary

#ABCEA2

accent

#D4546F

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856BE

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

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