#A85BD3#A85BD3

#A85BD3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.186 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85BD3
RGB	rgb(168, 91, 211)
HSL	hsl(279, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 56.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.41, 51.67, -49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.41, 71.56, 316.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% 0.124 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.186 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6453, 20.5109, 63.9074)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85BD3 #86D35B

analogous

#6C5BD3 #A85BD3 #D35BC2

triadic

#A85BD3 #D3A85B #5BD3A8

tetradic

#A85BD3 #D36C5B #86D35B #5BC2D3

square

#A85BD3 #D36C5B #86D35B #5BC2D3

split-complementary

#A85BD3 #C2D35B #5BD36C

monochromatic

#68268E #8C33BE #A85BD3 #C28BE0 #DBBCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#A85BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#A85BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85BD3

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85BD3	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3679D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527FD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3708E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 91, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.186 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58de1',
    500: '#a85bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85bd3;
$custom-light: #c58de1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61167,
    "c": 0.18615,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85BD3

secondary

#BEDCAD

accent

#E1477E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85BD3

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

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