#A847D9#A847D9

#A847D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.220 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A847D9
RGB	rgb(168, 71, 217)
HSL	hsl(280, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(280, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 67.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.30, 62.41, -57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.30, 85.13, 317.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% 0.1474 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.22 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9238, 17.8419, 67.4470)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A847D9 #78D947

analogous

#5F47D9 #A847D9 #D947C1

triadic

#A847D9 #D9A847 #47D9A8

tetradic

#A847D9 #D95F47 #78D947 #47C1D9

square

#A847D9 #D95F47 #78D947 #47C1D9

split-complementary

#A847D9 #C1D947 #47D95F

monochromatic

#651C89 #8A27BC #A847D9 #C07AE3 #D8ACEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#A847D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#A847D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A847D9

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A847D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A847D9	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3877D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2658B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a847d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 71, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.220 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c681e5',
    500: '#a847d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a847d9;
$custom-light: #c681e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a847d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.863,
    "s": 65.766,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59031,
    "c": 0.22004,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A847D9

secondary

#B4DCA0

accent

#E93F78

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A847D9

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

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