#A849DD#A849DD

#A849DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.221 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A849DD
RGB	rgb(168, 73, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(279, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 67%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, 62.38, -59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 86.04, 316.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% 0.145 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.221 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5797, 18.3111, 70.2634)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A849DD #7EDD49

analogous

#5E49DD #A849DD #DD49C8

triadic

#A849DD #DDA849 #49DDA8

tetradic

#A849DD #DD5E49 #7EDD49 #49C8DD

square

#A849DD #DD5E49 #7EDD49 #49C8DD

split-complementary

#A849DD #C8DD49 #49DD5E

monochromatic

#661B91 #8B25C4 #A849DD #C17DE7 #D9B0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#A849DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#A849DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A849DD

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A849DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A849DD	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3678DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1688D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a849dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 73, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.221 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c682e8',
    500: '#a849dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a849dd;
$custom-light: #c682e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a849dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.514,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59519,
    "c": 0.22141,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A849DD

secondary

#B8DFA3

accent

#EB3C7B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A849DD

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

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