#A85EA3#A85EA3

#A85EA3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.132 H 329.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85EA3
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 163)
HSL	hsl(304, 30%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(304, 44%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, 40.39, -24.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 47.24, 328.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% 0.1136 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.132 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7617, 18.9760, 36.8963)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85EA3 #5EA863

analogous

#885EA8 #A85EA3 #A85E7E

triadic

#A85EA3 #A3A85E #5EA3A8

tetradic

#A85EA3 #A8885E #5EA863 #5E7EA8

square

#A85EA3 #A8885E #5EA863 #5E7EA8

split-complementary

#A85EA3 #7EA85E #5EA888

monochromatic

#5B3158 #82467E #A85EA3 #BD86BA #D3ADD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#A85EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#A85EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85EA3

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85EA3	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A72A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.132 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38ebe',
    500: '#a85ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85ea3;
$custom-light: #c38ebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.054,
    "s": 29.839,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59107,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85EA3

secondary

#A1C1A3

accent

#C66862

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F7

border

#D1CBD0

text

#130C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85EA3

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

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