#A85BB9#A85BB9

#A85BB9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.159 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85BB9
RGB	rgb(168, 91, 185)
HSL	hsl(289, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(289, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 50.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.05, 46.23, -36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.05, 59.04, 321.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% 0.1219 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.159 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6454, 19.3109, 48.1080)
Luminance	0.1931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85BB9 #6CB95B

analogous

#795BB9 #A85BB9 #B95B9B

triadic

#A85BB9 #B9A85B #5BB9A8

tetradic

#A85BB9 #B9795B #6CB95B #5B9BB9

square

#A85BB9 #B9795B #6CB95B #5B9BB9

split-complementary

#A85BB9 #9BB95B #5BB979

monochromatic

#602E6C #874097 #A85BB9 #BF86CB #D6B1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#A85BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#A85BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85BB9

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85BB9	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B74BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 91, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.159 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48cce',
    500: '#a85bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85bb9;
$custom-light: #c48cce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.149,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59724,
    "c": 0.15873,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85BB9

secondary

#ABCCA4

accent

#D0586E

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85BB9

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

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