#A85AE1#A85AE1

#A85AE1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.203 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85AE1
RGB	rgb(168, 90, 225)
HSL	hsl(275, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(275, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 60%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, 55.27, -56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 79.00, 314.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% 0.1254 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.203 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3925, 21.0739, 73.5281)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85AE1 #93E15A

analogous

#655AE1 #A85AE1 #E15AD6

triadic

#A85AE1 #E1A85A #5AE1A8

tetradic

#A85AE1 #E1655A #93E15A #5AD6E1

square

#A85AE1 #E1655A #93E15A #5AD6E1

split-complementary

#A85AE1 #D6E15A #5AE165

monochromatic

#6B1EA3 #8D27D7 #A85AE1 #C38EEA #DFC2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#A85AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#A85AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85AE1

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85AE1	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E7CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4580DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A07495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 90, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.203 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58ceb',
    500: '#a85ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85ae1;
$custom-light: #c58ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.667,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61879,
    "c": 0.20263,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85AE1

secondary

#C8E4B2

accent

#D11464

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85AE1

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

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