#A856CB#A856CB

#A856CB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.185 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856CB
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 203)
HSL	hsl(282, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 57.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, 52.48, -47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 70.54, 318.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% 0.1301 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.185 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2540, 19.2931, 58.6186)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856CB #79CB56

analogous

#6E56CB #A856CB #CB56B4

triadic

#A856CB #CBA856 #56CBA8

tetradic

#A856CB #CB6E56 #79CB56 #56B4CB

square

#A856CB #CB6E56 #79CB56 #56B4CB

split-complementary

#A856CB #B4CB56 #56CB6E

monochromatic

#65277F #8A36AE #A856CB #C085D9 #D8B4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#A856CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#A856CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856CB

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856CB	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3575CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.185 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589db',
    500: '#a856cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856cb;
$custom-light: #c589db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.051,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60013,
    "c": 0.18525,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856CB

secondary

#B5D6A6

accent

#DC4B77

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856CB

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

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