#A851E5#A851E5

#A851E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.219 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A851E5
RGB	rgb(168, 81, 229)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(275, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.69, 60.49, -60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.69, 85.81, 314.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% 0.1356 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.219 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2309, 19.8673, 76.1977)
Luminance	0.1987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A851E5 #8EE551

analogous

#5E51E5 #A851E5 #E551D8

triadic

#A851E5 #E5A851 #51E5A8

tetradic

#A851E5 #E55E51 #8EE551 #51D8E5

square

#A851E5 #E55E51 #8EE551 #51D8E5

split-complementary

#A851E5 #D8E551 #51E55E

monochromatic

#6A18A3 #8D20D8 #A851E5 #C386ED #DDBBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#A851E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#A851E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A851E5

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A851E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A851E5	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a851e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 81, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.219 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c687ee',
    500: '#a851e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a851e5;
$custom-light: #c687ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a851e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.27,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60986,
    "c": 0.21911,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A851E5

secondary

#C4E5AD

accent

#D60F61

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A851E5

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

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