#A856CF#A856CF

#A856CF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.189 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856CF
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 207)
HSL	hsl(281, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 58.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, 53.32, -49.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 72.46, 317.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% 0.1302 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.189 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7368, 19.4863, 61.1615)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856CF #7DCF56

analogous

#6C56CF #A856CF #CF56BA

triadic

#A856CF #CFA856 #56CFA8

tetradic

#A856CF #CF6C56 #7DCF56 #56BACF

square

#A856CF #CF6C56 #7DCF56 #56BACF

split-complementary

#A856CF #BACF56 #56CF6C

monochromatic

#662685 #8B33B5 #A856CF #C186DD #D9B5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#A856CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#A856CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856CF

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856CF	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3076D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.189 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58ade',
    500: '#a856cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856cf;
$custom-light: #c58ade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.661,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60248,
    "c": 0.18941,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856CF

secondary

#B8D9A8

accent

#DF4979

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856CF

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

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