#A856BF#A856BF

#A856BF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.173 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856BF
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 191)
HSL	hsl(287, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(287, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 55%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 49.99, -41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 64.81, 320.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.1293 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.173 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8789, 18.7431, 51.3767)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856BF #6DBF56

analogous

#7456BF #A856BF #BF56A2

triadic

#A856BF #BFA856 #56BFA8

tetradic

#A856BF #BF7456 #6DBF56 #56A2BF

square

#A856BF #BF7456 #6DBF56 #56A2BF

split-complementary

#A856BF #A2BF56 #56BF74

monochromatic

#612A70 #873B9D #A856BF #BF82D0 #D6AFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#A856BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#A856BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856BF

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856BF	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4072C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.173 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c489d3',
    500: '#a856bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856bf;
$custom-light: #c489d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.857,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59334,
    "c": 0.17293,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856BF

secondary

#ACCFA2

accent

#D5536F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#130C14

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856BF

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

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