#A85AEE#A85AEE

#A85AEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.217 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85AEE
RGB	rgb(168, 90, 238)
HSL	hsl(272, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 62.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, 58.21, -62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 85.39, 312.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% 0.1249 -0.1769)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.217 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2339, 21.8104, 83.2260)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85AEE #A0EE5A

analogous

#5E5AEE #A85AEE #EE5AEA

triadic

#A85AEE #EEA85A #5AEEA8

tetradic

#A85AEE #EE5E5A #A0EE5A #5AEAEE

square

#A85AEE #EE5E5A #A0EE5A #5AEAEE

split-complementary

#A85AEE #EAEE5A #5AEE5E

monochromatic

#6B13BA #8B23E8 #A85AEE #C591F4 #E3C9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#A85AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#A85AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85AEE

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85AEE	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3681EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C799C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 90, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.217 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68df4',
    500: '#a85aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85aee;
$custom-light: #c68df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.622,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62711,
    "c": 0.21654,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85AEE

secondary

#D1ECB8

accent

#DE086D

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85AEE

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

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