#A85EA0#A85EA0

#A85EA0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.129 H 331.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85EA0
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 160)
HSL	hsl(306, 30%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(306, 44%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 4.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, 39.84, -22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 45.97, 330.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% 0.1129 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.129 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4961, 18.8697, 35.4975)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85EA0 #5EA866

analogous

#8B5EA8 #A85EA0 #A85E7B

triadic

#A85EA0 #A0A85E #5EA0A8

tetradic

#A85EA0 #A88B5E #5EA866 #5E7BA8

square

#A85EA0 #A88B5E #5EA866 #5E7BA8

split-complementary

#A85EA0 #7BA85E #5EA88B

monochromatic

#5B3156 #82467C #A85EA0 #BD86B7 #D3ADCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#A85EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#A85EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85EA0

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85EA0	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B72A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.129 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38ebc',
    500: '#a85ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85ea0;
$custom-light: #c38ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.486,
    "s": 29.839,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58973,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85EA0

secondary

#A1C1A4

accent

#C66D62

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F6

border

#D1CBD0

text

#130C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85EA0

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

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