#A850E5#A850E5

#A850E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.220 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A850E5
RGB	rgb(168, 80, 229)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(275, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 65.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, 60.95, -61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 86.33, 314.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% 0.1367 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.22 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1571, 19.7198, 76.1731)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A850E5 #8DE550

analogous

#5D50E5 #A850E5 #E550D8

triadic

#A850E5 #E5A850 #50E5A8

tetradic

#A850E5 #E55D50 #8DE550 #50D8E5

square

#A850E5 #E55D50 #8DE550 #50D8E5

split-complementary

#A850E5 #D8E550 #50E55D

monochromatic

#6A18A2 #8D20D8 #A850E5 #C285ED #DDBBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#A850E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#A850E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A850E5

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A850E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A850E5	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F6F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a850e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 80, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.220 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c687ee',
    500: '#a850e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a850e5;
$custom-light: #c687ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a850e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.436,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60865,
    "c": 0.22041,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A850E5

secondary

#C3E5AC

accent

#D60F61

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A850E5

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

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