#A851E9#A851E9

#A851E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.223 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A851E9
RGB	rgb(168, 81, 233)
HSL	hsl(274, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 65.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, 61.37, -62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 87.74, 314.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.1353 -0.1775)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.223 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7958, 20.0933, 79.1730)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A851E9 #92E951

analogous

#5C51E9 #A851E9 #E951DE

triadic

#A851E9 #E9A851 #51E9A8

tetradic

#A851E9 #E95C51 #92E951 #51DEE9

square

#A851E9 #E95C51 #92E951 #51DEE9

split-complementary

#A851E9 #DEE951 #51E95C

monochromatic

#6B16AA #8D1CE0 #A851E9 #C387F0 #DEBEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#A851E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#A851E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A851E9

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A851E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A851E9	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F7DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a851e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 81, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.223 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c687f1',
    500: '#a851e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a851e9;
$custom-light: #c687f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a851e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.342,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61251,
    "c": 0.22319,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A851E9

secondary

#C7E7AF

accent

#DA0C64

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A851E9

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

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