#A856CC#A856CC

#A856CC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.186 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856CC
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 204)
HSL	hsl(282, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 57.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.08, 52.69, -47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.08, 71.02, 317.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% 0.1301 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.186 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3735, 19.3409, 59.2482)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856CC #7ACC56

analogous

#6D56CC #A856CC #CC56B5

triadic

#A856CC #CCA856 #56CCA8

tetradic

#A856CC #CC6D56 #7ACC56 #56B5CC

square

#A856CC #CC6D56 #7ACC56 #56B5CC

split-complementary

#A856CC #B5CC56 #56CC6D

monochromatic

#652781 #8A35B0 #A856CC #C085DA #D8B4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#A856CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#A856CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856CC

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856CC	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3475D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.186 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589dc',
    500: '#a856cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856cc;
$custom-light: #c589dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.695,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60071,
    "c": 0.18629,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856CC

secondary

#B6D7A7

accent

#DD4B77

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856CC

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

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