#A85ACD#A85ACD

#A85ACD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.181 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85ACD
RGB	rgb(168, 90, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(281, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 56.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, 50.89, -46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 69.21, 317.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% 0.125 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.181 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8222, 20.0458, 59.9913)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85ACD #7FCD5A

analogous

#6F5ACD #A85ACD #CD5AB8

triadic

#A85ACD #CDA85A #5ACDA8

tetradic

#A85ACD #CD6F5A #7FCD5A #5AB8CD

square

#A85ACD #CD6F5A #7FCD5A #5AB8CD

split-complementary

#A85ACD #B8CD5A #5ACD6F

monochromatic

#672884 #8B36B3 #A85ACD #C189DB #DAB8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#A85ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#A85ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85ACD

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85ACD	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A77D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 90, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.181 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48cdd',
    500: '#a85acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85acd;
$custom-light: #c48cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.696,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60678,
    "c": 0.18127,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85ACD

secondary

#B9D8AA

accent

#DD4B7A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85ACD

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

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