#A451E2#A451E2

#A451E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.215 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A451E2
RGB	rgb(164, 81, 226)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(274, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 64.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.00, 58.96, -60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.00, 84.33, 314.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% 0.1307 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.215 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9769, 19.2688, 73.9714)
Luminance	0.1927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A451E2 #8FE251

analogous

#5B51E2 #A451E2 #E251D7

triadic

#A451E2 #E2A451 #51E2A4

tetradic

#A451E2 #E25B51 #8FE251 #51D7E2

square

#A451E2 #E25B51 #8FE251 #51D7E2

split-complementary

#A451E2 #D7E251 #51E25B

monochromatic

#661A9E #8823D3 #A451E2 #BF85EB #DBBAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#A451E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#A451E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A451E2

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A451E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A451E2	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a451e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 81, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.215 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c387ec',
    500: '#a451e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a451e2;
$custom-light: #c387ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a451e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.345,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60323,
    "c": 0.2149,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A451E2

secondary

#C3E3AC

accent

#D31265

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A451E2

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

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