#A851DE#A851DE

#A851DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.212 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A851DE
RGB	rgb(168, 81, 222)
HSL	hsl(277, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 63.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, 58.96, -57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 82.43, 315.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% 0.136 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.212 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2731, 19.4843, 71.1538)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A851DE #87DE51

analogous

#6251DE #A851DE #DE51CE

triadic

#A851DE #DEA851 #51DEA8

tetradic

#A851DE #DE6251 #87DE51 #51CEDE

square

#A851DE #DE6251 #87DE51 #51CEDE

split-complementary

#A851DE #CEDE51 #51DE62

monochromatic

#691D98 #8C27CB #A851DE #C284E8 #DBB8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#A851DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#A851DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A851DE

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A851DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A851DE	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a851de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 81, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.212 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c687e9',
    500: '#a851de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a851de;
$custom-light: #c687e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a851de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.021,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6053,
    "c": 0.21196,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A851DE

secondary

#BFE1AA

accent

#EB3D80

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A851DE

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

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