#A851CF#A851CF

#A851CF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.197 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A851CF
RGB	rgb(168, 81, 207)
HSL	hsl(281, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 60.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 55.75, -50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 75.23, 317.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% 0.1364 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.197 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3515, 18.7156, 61.0330)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A851CF #78CF51

analogous

#6951CF #A851CF #CF51B7

triadic

#A851CF #CFA851 #51CFA8

tetradic

#A851CF #CF6951 #78CF51 #51B7CF

square

#A851CF #CF6951 #78CF51 #51B7CF

split-complementary

#A851CF #B7CF51 #51CF69

monochromatic

#652482 #8A31B2 #A851CF #C081DC #D8B1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#A851CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#A851CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A851CF

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A851CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A851CF	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2573D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C7ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a851cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 81, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.197 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c587de',
    500: '#a851cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a851cf;
$custom-light: #c587de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a851cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.429,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59594,
    "c": 0.1967,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A851CF

secondary

#B4D8A4

accent

#E04877

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A851CF

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

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