#A850E3#A850E3

#A850E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.218 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A850E3
RGB	rgb(168, 80, 227)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(276, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 64.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.39, 60.51, -60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.39, 85.36, 315.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% 0.1369 -0.1702)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.218 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8795, 19.6088, 74.7109)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A850E3 #8BE350

analogous

#5E50E3 #A850E3 #E350D5

triadic

#A850E3 #E3A850 #50E3A8

tetradic

#A850E3 #E35E50 #8BE350 #50D5E3

square

#A850E3 #E35E50 #8BE350 #50D5E3

split-complementary

#A850E3 #D5E350 #50E35E

monochromatic

#69199F #8C22D4 #A850E3 #C285EB #DCBAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#A850E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#A850E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A850E3

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A850E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A850E3	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F6E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a850e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 80, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.218 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c687ed',
    500: '#a850e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a850e3;
$custom-light: #c687ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a850e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.918,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60733,
    "c": 0.21838,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A850E3

secondary

#C2E4AB

accent

#D4115F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A850E3

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

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