#A451CE#A451CE

#A451CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.194 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A451CE
RGB	rgb(164, 81, 206)
HSL	hsl(280, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(280, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 60.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.78, 54.58, -50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.78, 74.62, 317.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% 0.1314 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.194 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3909, 18.2344, 60.3519)
Luminance	0.1823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A451CE #7BCE51

analogous

#6651CE #A451CE #CE51BA

triadic

#A451CE #CEA451 #51CEA4

tetradic

#A451CE #CE6651 #7BCE51 #51BACE

square

#A451CE #CE6651 #7BCE51 #51BACE

split-complementary

#A451CE #BACE51 #51CE66

monochromatic

#612480 #8632B0 #A451CE #BD81DB #D6B1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#A451CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#A451CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A451CE

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A451CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A451CE	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2372D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4978CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A06888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a451ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 81, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.194 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c286dd',
    500: '#a451ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a451ce;
$custom-light: #c286dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a451ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.84,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59049,
    "c": 0.19419,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A451CE

secondary

#B5D7A4

accent

#DF487B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A451CE

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

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