#A851DB#A851DB

#A851DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.209 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A851DB
RGB	rgb(168, 81, 219)
HSL	hsl(278, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 63%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.07, 58.31, -56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.07, 80.98, 316.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% 0.1362 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.209 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8746, 19.3249, 69.0550)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A851DB #84DB51

analogous

#6351DB #A851DB #DB51C9

triadic

#A851DB #DBA851 #51DBA8

tetradic

#A851DB #DB6351 #84DB51 #51C9DB

square

#A851DB #DB6351 #84DB51 #51C9DB

split-complementary

#A851DB #C9DB51 #51DB63

monochromatic

#681E93 #8C29C6 #A851DB #C184E5 #DBB6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#A851DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#A851DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A851DB

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A851DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A851DB	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0476DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a851db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 81, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.209 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c687e7',
    500: '#a851db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a851db;
$custom-light: #c687e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a851db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.826,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60339,
    "c": 0.2089,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A851DB

secondary

#BDDFA9

accent

#E93F7E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A851DB

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

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