#A851DC#A851DC

#A851DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.210 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A851DC
RGB	rgb(168, 81, 220)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 63.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, 58.52, -56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 81.47, 315.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% 0.1361 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.21 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0067, 19.3777, 69.7505)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A851DC #85DC51

analogous

#6351DC #A851DC #DC51CB

triadic

#A851DC #DCA851 #51DCA8

tetradic

#A851DC #DC6351 #85DC51 #51CBDC

square

#A851DC #DC6351 #85DC51 #51CBDC

split-complementary

#A851DC #CBDC51 #51DC63

monochromatic

#681E95 #8C28C8 #A851DC #C184E6 #DBB7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#A851DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#A851DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A851DC

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A851DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A851DC	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407BD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a851dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 81, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.210 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c687e8',
    500: '#a851dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a851dc;
$custom-light: #c687e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a851dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.554,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60402,
    "c": 0.20992,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A851DC

secondary

#BEE0A9

accent

#E93E7E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A851DC

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

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