#A849D9#A849D9

#A849D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.218 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A849D9
RGB	rgb(168, 73, 217)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(280, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 66.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.62, 61.53, -57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.62, 84.14, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.1453 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.218 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0531, 18.1005, 67.4901)
Luminance	0.1810 (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

#A849D9 #7AD949

analogous

#6049D9 #A849D9 #D949C2

triadic

#A849D9 #D9A849 #49D9A8

tetradic

#A849D9 #D96049 #7AD949 #49C2D9

square

#A849D9 #D96049 #7AD949 #49C2D9

split-complementary

#A849D9 #C2D949 #49D960

monochromatic

#651D8B #8A28BD #A849D9 #C07CE4 #D8AEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#A849D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#A849D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A849D9

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A849D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A849D9	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A78D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2668B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a849d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 73, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.218 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c682e5',
    500: '#a849d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a849d9;
$custom-light: #c682e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a849d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.583,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59256,
    "c": 0.21751,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A849D9

secondary

#B6DCA2

accent

#E83F79

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A849D9

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

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