#A85EA4#A85EA4

#A85EA4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.133 H 329.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85EA4
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 164)
HSL	hsl(303, 30%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(303, 44%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 2.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.70, 40.58, -25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.70, 47.67, 328.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.1138 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.133 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8516, 19.0120, 37.3701)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85EA4 #5EA862

analogous

#875EA8 #A85EA4 #A85E7F

triadic

#A85EA4 #A4A85E #5EA4A8

tetradic

#A85EA4 #A8875E #5EA862 #5E7FA8

square

#A85EA4 #A8875E #5EA862 #5E7FA8

split-complementary

#A85EA4 #7FA85E #5EA887

monochromatic

#5B3158 #82467F #A85EA4 #BD86BA #D3ADD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#A85EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#A85EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85EA4

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85EA4	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	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)

#5A72A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.133 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38ebf',
    500: '#a85ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85ea4;
$custom-light: #c38ebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.243,
    "s": 29.839,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59152,
    "c": 0.13269,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85EA4

secondary

#A1C1A2

accent

#C66762

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F7

border

#D1CBD0

text

#130C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85EA4

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

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