#A85EAE#A85EAE

#A85EAE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.142 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85EAE
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 174)
HSL	hsl(296, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(296, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 46%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.14, 42.47, -30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.14, 52.11, 324.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% 0.1158 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.142 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7904, 19.3875, 42.3145)
Luminance	0.1939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85EAE #64AE5E

analogous

#805EAE #A85EAE #AE5E8C

triadic

#A85EAE #AEA85E #5EAEA8

tetradic

#A85EAE #AE805E #64AE5E #5E8CAE

square

#A85EAE #AE805E #64AE5E #5E8CAE

split-complementary

#A85EAE #8CAE5E #5EAE80

monochromatic

#5D3161 #84458A #A85EAE #BE87C2 #D4AFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#A85EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#A85EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85EAE

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85EAE	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5574B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB677E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.142 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38ec6',
    500: '#a85eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85eae;
$custom-light: #c38ec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.5,
    "s": 33.058,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59621,
    "c": 0.14246,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85EAE

secondary

#A5C5A3

accent

#C95F67

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#130C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85EAE

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

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