#A856C8#A856C8

#A856C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.182 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856C8
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 200)
HSL	hsl(283, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(283, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 57%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.86, 51.85, -45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.86, 69.10, 318.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.1299 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.182 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8999, 19.1515, 56.7540)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856C8 #76C856

analogous

#6F56C8 #A856C8 #C856AF

triadic

#A856C8 #C8A856 #56C8A8

tetradic

#A856C8 #C86F56 #76C856 #56AFC8

square

#A856C8 #C86F56 #76C856 #56AFC8

split-complementary

#A856C8 #AFC856 #56C86F

monochromatic

#64287B #8937AA #A856C8 #C084D7 #D8B2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#A856C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#A856C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856C8

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856C8	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3874CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.182 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c489d9',
    500: '#a856c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856c8;
$custom-light: #c489d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.158,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5984,
    "c": 0.18215,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856C8

secondary

#B3D4A5

accent

#DA4D75

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856C8

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

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