#A846E1#A846E1

#A846E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.229 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A846E1
RGB	rgb(168, 70, 225)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 68.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.67, 64.52, -61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.67, 89.38, 316.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.1477 -0.175)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.229 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9266, 18.1421, 73.0395)
Luminance	0.1814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A846E1 #7FE146

analogous

#5A46E1 #A846E1 #E146CD

triadic

#A846E1 #E1A846 #46E1A8

tetradic

#A846E1 #E15A46 #7FE146 #46CDE1

square

#A846E1 #E15A46 #7FE146 #46CDE1

split-complementary

#A846E1 #CDE146 #46E15A

monochromatic

#671895 #8B21C9 #A846E1 #C17BEA #DAAFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#A846E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#A846E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A846E1

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A846E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A846E1	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C78DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0688F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a846e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 70, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.229 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c681eb',
    500: '#a846e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a846e1;
$custom-light: #c681eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a846e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.935,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59456,
    "c": 0.22898,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A846E1

secondary

#B9E0A2

accent

#EF397C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A846E1

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

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