#A849D8#A849D8

#A849D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.217 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A849D8
RGB	rgb(168, 73, 216)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(280, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 66.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.55, 61.33, -56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.55, 83.67, 317.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% 0.1453 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.217 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9234, 18.0486, 66.8072)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A849D8 #79D849

analogous

#6149D8 #A849D8 #D849C1

triadic

#A849D8 #D8A849 #49D8A8

tetradic

#A849D8 #D86149 #79D849 #49C1D8

square

#A849D8 #D86149 #79D849 #49C1D8

split-complementary

#A849D8 #C1D849 #49D861

monochromatic

#651D89 #8A28BC #A849D8 #C07BE3 #D8AEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#A849D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#A849D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A849D8

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A849D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A849D8	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C78D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2668B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a849d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 73, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.217 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c682e5',
    500: '#a849d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a849d8;
$custom-light: #c682e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a849d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.86,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59191,
    "c": 0.21653,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A849D8

secondary

#B5DCA1

accent

#E84078

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A849D8

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

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