#A05AE2#A05AE2

#A05AE2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.202 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A05AE2
RGB	rgb(160, 90, 226)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 60.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, 53.65, -58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 79.36, 312.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.05% 0.1152 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(61.05% 0.202 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8778, 20.2771, 74.1712)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A05AE2 #9CE25A

analogous

#5C5AE2 #A05AE2 #E25AE0

triadic

#A05AE2 #E2A05A #5AE2A0

tetradic

#A05AE2 #E25C5A #9CE25A #5AE0E2

square

#A05AE2 #E25C5A #9CE25A #5AE0E2

split-complementary

#A05AE2 #E0E25A #5AE25C

monochromatic

#631DA5 #8226D9 #A05AE2 #BE8EEB #DCC2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#A05AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#A05AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A05AE2

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A05AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A05AE2	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#107AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a05ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 90, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.202 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08cec',
    500: '#a05ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a05ae2;
$custom-light: #c08cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a05ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.882,
    "s": 70.103,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61051,
    "c": 0.20155,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A05AE2

secondary

#CBE5B3

accent

#D21370

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A05AE2

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

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