#A451E9#A451E9

#A451E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.222 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A451E9
RGB	rgb(164, 81, 233)
HSL	hsl(273, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 65.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.45, 60.53, -63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.45, 87.74, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% 0.1302 -0.18)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.222 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9571, 19.6608, 79.1337)
Luminance	0.1966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A451E9 #96E951

analogous

#5851E9 #A451E9 #E951E2

triadic

#A451E9 #E9A451 #51E9A4

tetradic

#A451E9 #E95851 #96E951 #51E2E9

square

#A451E9 #E95851 #96E951 #51E2E9

split-complementary

#A451E9 #E2E951 #51E958

monochromatic

#6716AA #871CE0 #A451E9 #C087F0 #DDBEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#A451E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#A451E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A451E9

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A451E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A451E9	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#287BE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a451e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 81, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.222 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c487f1',
    500: '#a451e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a451e9;
$custom-light: #c487f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a451e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.763,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60792,
    "c": 0.22216,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A451E9

secondary

#C8E7AF

accent

#DA0C69

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A451E9

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

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