#A85AE2#A85AE2

#A85AE2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.204 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85AE2
RGB	rgb(168, 90, 226)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 60.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, 55.49, -56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 79.49, 314.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% 0.1253 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.204 308)
XYZ	xyz(33.5293, 21.1286, 74.2487)
Luminance	0.2113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85AE2 #94E25A

analogous

#645AE2 #A85AE2 #E25AD8

triadic

#A85AE2 #E2A85A #5AE2A8

tetradic

#A85AE2 #E2645A #94E25A #5AD8E2

square

#A85AE2 #E2645A #94E25A #5AD8E2

split-complementary

#A85AE2 #D8E25A #5AE264

monochromatic

#6B1DA5 #8D26D9 #A85AE2 #C38EEB #DFC2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#A85AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#A85AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85AE2

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85AE2	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C7CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4480DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 90, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.204 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58cec',
    500: '#a85ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85ae2;
$custom-light: #c58cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.412,
    "s": 70.103,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61942,
    "c": 0.2037,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.21128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85AE2

secondary

#C8E5B3

accent

#D21365

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85AE2

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

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