#A85BCB#A85BCB

#A85BCB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.178 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85BCB
RGB	rgb(168, 91, 203)
HSL	hsl(281, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(281, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 55.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 49.95, -45.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 67.66, 317.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% 0.1236 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.178 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6673, 20.1197, 58.7563)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85BCB #7ECB5B

analogous

#705BCB #A85BCB #CB5BB6

triadic

#A85BCB #CBA85B #5BCBA8

tetradic

#A85BCB #CB705B #7ECB5B #5BB6CB

square

#A85BCB #CB705B #7ECB5B #5BB6CB

split-complementary

#A85BCB #B6CB5B #5BCB70

monochromatic

#662982 #8B38B1 #A85BCB #C189DA #D9B8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#A85BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#A85BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85BCB

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85BCB	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D78CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 91, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.178 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48ddb',
    500: '#a85bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85bcb;
$custom-light: #c48ddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60704,
    "c": 0.17761,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85BCB

secondary

#B8D7AA

accent

#DB4C79

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85BCB

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

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