#A451EC#A451EC

#A451EC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.225 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A451EC
RGB	rgb(164, 81, 236)
HSL	hsl(272, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 65.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, 61.21, -64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 89.20, 313.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61% 0.1299 -0.1841)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.225 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3892, 19.8337, 81.4099)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A451EC #99EC51

analogous

#5751EC #A451EC #EC51E7

triadic

#A451EC #ECA451 #51ECA4

tetradic

#A451EC #EC5751 #99EC51 #51E7EC

square

#A451EC #EC5751 #99EC51 #51E7EC

split-complementary

#A451EC #E7EC51 #51EC57

monochromatic

#6713AF #871AE6 #A451EC #C188F2 #DEBFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#A451EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#A451EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A451EC

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A451EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A451EC	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#227BE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a451ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 81, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.225 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c487f3',
    500: '#a451ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a451ec;
$custom-light: #c487f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a451ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.129,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60996,
    "c": 0.22527,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A451EC

secondary

#CAE9B0

accent

#DD096B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A451EC

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

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