#A856CD#A856CD

#A856CD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.187 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856CD
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 58%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.14, 52.90, -48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.14, 71.50, 317.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% 0.1301 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.187 314)
XYZ	xyz(30.4939, 19.3891, 59.8819)
Luminance	0.1939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856CD #7BCD56

analogous

#6D56CD #A856CD #CD56B6

triadic

#A856CD #CDA856 #56CDA8

tetradic

#A856CD #CD6D56 #7BCD56 #56B6CD

square

#A856CD #CD6D56 #7BCD56 #56B6CD

split-complementary

#A856CD #B6CD56 #56CD6D

monochromatic

#662682 #8B34B1 #A856CD #C085DB #D9B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#A856CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#A856CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856CD

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856CD	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3375D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527CCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.187 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589dd',
    500: '#a856cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856cd;
$custom-light: #c589dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.345,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6013,
    "c": 0.18733,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.19388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856CD

secondary

#B6D8A7

accent

#DE4A78

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856CD

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

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