#A05AE5#A05AE5

#A05AE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.205 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A05AE5
RGB	rgb(160, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, 54.35, -59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 80.86, 312.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.1151 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.205 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2931, 20.4432, 76.3582)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A05AE5 #9FE55A

analogous

#5B5AE5 #A05AE5 #E55AE4

triadic

#A05AE5 #E5A05A #5AE5A0

tetradic

#A05AE5 #E55B5A #9FE55A #5AE4E5

square

#A05AE5 #E55B5A #9FE55A #5AE4E5

split-complementary

#A05AE5 #E4E55A #5AE55B

monochromatic

#631BAA #8225DD #A05AE5 #BE8FED #DDC4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#A05AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#A05AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A05AE5

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A05AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A05AE5	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#027BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a05ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.205 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08cee',
    500: '#a05ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a05ae5;
$custom-light: #c08cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a05ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.216,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61245,
    "c": 0.20487,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A05AE5

secondary

#CDE7B4

accent

#D51172

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A05AE5

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

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