#A048E5#A048E5

#A048E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.228 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A048E5
RGB	rgb(160, 72, 229)
HSL	hsl(274, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(274, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 68.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.21, 62.92, -64.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.21, 90.40, 314.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.1349 -0.1842)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.228 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9544, 17.7657, 75.9120)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A048E5 #8DE548

analogous

#5248E5 #A048E5 #E548DB

triadic

#A048E5 #E5A048 #48E5A0

tetradic

#A048E5 #E55248 #8DE548 #48DBE5

square

#A048E5 #E55248 #8DE548 #48DBE5

split-complementary

#A048E5 #DBE548 #48E552

monochromatic

#61169C #831ED2 #A048E5 #BC7EED #D8B3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#A048E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#A048E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A048E5

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A048E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A048E5	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1275E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a048e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 72, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.228 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c181ee',
    500: '#a048e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a048e5;
$custom-light: #c181ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a048e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.631,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58995,
    "c": 0.22832,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A048E5

secondary

#C1E3A6

accent

#F23689

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A048E5

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

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