#A85AED#A85AED

#A85AED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.215 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85AED
RGB	rgb(168, 90, 237)
HSL	hsl(272, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 62%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 57.98, -62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 84.90, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% 0.125 -0.1755)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.215 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0873, 21.7518, 82.4544)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85AED #9FED5A

analogous

#5F5AED #A85AED #ED5AE8

triadic

#A85AED #EDA85A #5AEDA8

tetradic

#A85AED #ED5F5A #9FED5A #5AE8ED

square

#A85AED #ED5F5A #9FED5A #5AE8ED

split-complementary

#A85AED #E8ED5A #5AED5F

monochromatic

#6B14B8 #8B23E7 #A85AED #C591F3 #E2C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#A85AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#A85AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85AED

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85AED	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3781EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C789B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 90, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.215 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68df4',
    500: '#a85aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85aed;
$custom-light: #c68df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.837,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62646,
    "c": 0.21547,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85AED

secondary

#D0EBB8

accent

#DD096C

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85AED

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

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