#A451E5#A451E5

#A451E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.218 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A451E5
RGB	rgb(164, 81, 229)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(274, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, 59.63, -61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 85.79, 314.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% 0.1305 -0.1746)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.218 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3921, 19.4349, 76.1584)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A451E5 #92E551

analogous

#5A51E5 #A451E5 #E551DC

triadic

#A451E5 #E5A451 #51E5A4

tetradic

#A451E5 #E55A51 #92E551 #51DCE5

square

#A451E5 #E55A51 #92E551 #51DCE5

split-complementary

#A451E5 #DCE551 #51E55A

monochromatic

#6618A3 #8820D8 #A451E5 #C086ED #DCBBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#A451E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#A451E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A451E5

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A451E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A451E5	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F7BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a451e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 81, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.218 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c387ee',
    500: '#a451e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a451e5;
$custom-light: #c387ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a451e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.649,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60523,
    "c": 0.21801,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A451E5

secondary

#C5E5AD

accent

#D60F67

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A451E5

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

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