#A85BB5#A85BB5

#A85BB5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.155 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85BB5
RGB	rgb(168, 91, 181)
HSL	hsl(291, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(291, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 49.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.86, 45.43, -34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.86, 57.17, 322.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% 0.1213 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.155 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2291, 19.1444, 45.9154)
Luminance	0.1914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85BB5 #68B55B

analogous

#7B5BB5 #A85BB5 #B55B95

triadic

#A85BB5 #B5A85B #5BB5A8

tetradic

#A85BB5 #B57B5B #68B55B #5B95B5

square

#A85BB5 #B57B5B #68B55B #5B95B5

split-complementary

#A85BB5 #95B55B #5BB57B

monochromatic

#5F2F67 #864291 #A85BB5 #BE85C8 #D5AFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#A85BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#A85BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85BB5

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85BB5	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D73B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 91, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.155 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48ccb',
    500: '#a85bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85bb5;
$custom-light: #c48ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.333,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59518,
    "c": 0.15462,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85BB5

secondary

#A8C9A3

accent

#CE5A6B

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#130C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85BB5

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

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