#A85BCD#A85BCD

#A85BCD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.180 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85BCD
RGB	rgb(168, 91, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(281, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 55.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, 50.38, -46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 68.63, 317.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% 0.1237 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.18 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9071, 20.2156, 60.0197)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85BCD #80CD5B

analogous

#6F5BCD #A85BCD #CD5BB9

triadic

#A85BCD #CDA85B #5BCDA8

tetradic

#A85BCD #CD6F5B #80CD5B #5BB9CD

square

#A85BCD #CD6F5B #80CD5B #5BB9CD

split-complementary

#A85BCD #B9CD5B #5BCD6F

monochromatic

#672985 #8B37B4 #A85BCD #C18ADB #DAB9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#A85BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#A85BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85BCD

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85BCD	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C78D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 91, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.180 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48ddd',
    500: '#a85bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85bcd;
$custom-light: #c48ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.526,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60818,
    "c": 0.17973,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85BCD

secondary

#BAD9AB

accent

#DD4B7A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85BCD

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

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