#A851EA#A851EA

#A851EA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.224 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A851EA
RGB	rgb(168, 81, 234)
HSL	hsl(274, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 65.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, 61.59, -63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 88.22, 314.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% 0.1352 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.224 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9390, 20.1506, 79.9275)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A851EA #93EA51

analogous

#5C51EA #A851EA #EA51DF

triadic

#A851EA #EAA851 #51EAA8

tetradic

#A851EA #EA5C51 #93EA51 #51DFEA

square

#A851EA #EA5C51 #93EA51 #51DFEA

split-complementary

#A851EA #DFEA51 #51EA5C

monochromatic

#6B15AC #8D1BE2 #A851EA #C388F1 #DFBEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#A851EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#A851EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A851EA

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A851EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A851EA	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E7DE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a851ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 81, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.224 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c687f2',
    500: '#a851ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a851ea;
$custom-light: #c687f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a851ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.118,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61318,
    "c": 0.22422,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A851EA

secondary

#C8E8AF

accent

#DB0B64

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A851EA

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

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