#A851CD#A851CD

#A851CD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.195 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A851CD
RGB	rgb(168, 81, 205)
HSL	hsl(282, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(282, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 60.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.24, 55.33, -49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.24, 74.27, 318.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% 0.1364 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.195 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1085, 18.6184, 59.7535)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A851CD #76CD51

analogous

#6A51CD #A851CD #CD51B4

triadic

#A851CD #CDA851 #51CDA8

tetradic

#A851CD #CD6A51 #76CD51 #51B4CD

square

#A851CD #CD6A51 #76CD51 #51B4CD

split-complementary

#A851CD #B4CD51 #51CD6A

monochromatic

#64257F #8932AF #A851CD #C081DB #D8B0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#A851CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#A851CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A851CD

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A851CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A851CD	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2873D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E7ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a851cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 81, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.195 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c586dd',
    500: '#a851cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a851cd;
$custom-light: #c586dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a851cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.097,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59473,
    "c": 0.19467,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A851CD

secondary

#B3D7A3

accent

#DF4976

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A851CD

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

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