#A85EBE#A85EBE

#A85EBE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.159 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85EBE
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 190)
HSL	hsl(286, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(286, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 50.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, 45.68, -38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 59.60, 320.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% 0.1183 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.159 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4441, 20.0490, 51.0240)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85EBE #74BE5E

analogous

#785EBE #A85EBE #BE5EA4

triadic

#A85EBE #BEA85E #5EBEA8

tetradic

#A85EBE #BE785E #74BE5E #5EA4BE

square

#A85EBE #BE785E #74BE5E #5EA4BE

split-complementary

#A85EBE #A4BE5E #5EBE78

monochromatic

#632E73 #89409F #A85EBE #C08AD0 #D7B5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#A85EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#A85EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85EBE

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85EBE	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C77C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.159 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48ed2',
    500: '#a85ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85ebe;
$custom-light: #c48ed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.25,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60428,
    "c": 0.15899,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85EBE

secondary

#B1D0A8

accent

#D25672

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85EBE

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

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