#A85AE3#A85AE3

#A85AE3 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.205 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85AE3
RGB	rgb(168, 90, 227)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 60.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, 55.71, -57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 79.98, 314.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% 0.1253 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.205 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6669, 21.1837, 74.9734)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85AE3 #95E35A

analogous

#645AE3 #A85AE3 #E35AD9

triadic

#A85AE3 #E3A85A #5AE3A8

tetradic

#A85AE3 #E3645A #95E35A #5AD9E3

square

#A85AE3 #E3645A #95E35A #5AD9E3

split-complementary

#A85AE3 #D9E35A #5AE364

monochromatic

#6B1CA6 #8C26DA #A85AE3 #C48EEC #DFC3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#A85AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#A85AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85AE3

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85AE3	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#197CE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4380E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 90, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.205 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68cec',
    500: '#a85ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85ae3;
$custom-light: #c68cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.161,
    "s": 70.984,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62005,
    "c": 0.20477,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85AE3

secondary

#C9E6B3

accent

#D31265

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85AE3

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

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