#A856CE#A856CE

#A856CE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.188 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856CE
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(281, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, 53.11, -48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 71.98, 317.55°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% 0.1302 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.188 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6149, 19.4375, 60.5196)
Luminance	0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856CE #7CCE56

analogous

#6C56CE #A856CE #CE56B8

triadic

#A856CE #CEA856 #56CEA8

tetradic

#A856CE #CE6C56 #7CCE56 #56B8CE

square

#A856CE #CE6C56 #7CCE56 #56B8CE

split-complementary

#A856CE #B8CE56 #56CE6C

monochromatic

#662683 #8B34B3 #A856CE #C085DC #D9B5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#A856CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#A856CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856CE

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856CE	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3175D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.188 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58add',
    500: '#a856ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856ce;
$custom-light: #c58add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60189,
    "c": 0.18836,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856CE

secondary

#B7D8A8

accent

#DE4979

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856CE

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

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