#A85AE5#A85AE5

#A85AE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.207 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85AE5
RGB	rgb(168, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(274, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, 56.16, -58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 80.96, 313.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.1253 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.207 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9445, 21.2947, 76.4356)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85AE5 #97E55A

analogous

#625AE5 #A85AE5 #E55ADD

triadic

#A85AE5 #E5A85A #5AE5A8

tetradic

#A85AE5 #E5625A #97E55A #5ADDE5

square

#A85AE5 #E5625A #97E55A #5ADDE5

split-complementary

#A85AE5 #DDE55A #5AE562

monochromatic

#6B1BAA #8C25DD #A85AE5 #C48FED #E0C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#A85AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#A85AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85AE5

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85AE5	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#137CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4180E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.207 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68cee',
    500: '#a85ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85ae5;
$custom-light: #c68cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.669,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62131,
    "c": 0.20691,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85AE5

secondary

#CAE7B4

accent

#D51167

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85AE5

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

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