#A85AE4#A85AE4

#A85AE4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.206 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85AE4
RGB	rgb(168, 90, 228)
HSL	hsl(274, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 60.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, 55.94, -57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 80.47, 314.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% 0.1253 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.206 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8053, 21.2390, 75.7024)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85AE4 #96E45A

analogous

#635AE4 #A85AE4 #E45ADB

triadic

#A85AE4 #E4A85A #5AE4A8

tetradic

#A85AE4 #E4635A #96E45A #5ADBE4

square

#A85AE4 #E4635A #96E45A #5ADBE4

split-complementary

#A85AE4 #DBE45A #5AE463

monochromatic

#6B1CA8 #8C25DB #A85AE4 #C48FED #DFC3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#A85AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#A85AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85AE4

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85AE4	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#177CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4280E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 90, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.206 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68ced',
    500: '#a85ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85ae4;
$custom-light: #c68ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62068,
    "c": 0.20583,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85AE4

secondary

#CAE6B4

accent

#D41266

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85AE4

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

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