#A85BD8#A85BD8

#A85BD8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.192 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85BD8
RGB	rgb(168, 91, 216)
HSL	hsl(277, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(277, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 57.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, 52.77, -51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 74.01, 315.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% 0.1241 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.192 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2819, 20.7655, 67.2600)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85BD8 #8BD85B

analogous

#695BD8 #A85BD8 #D85BC9

triadic

#A85BD8 #D8A85B #5BD8A8

tetradic

#A85BD8 #D8695B #8BD85B #5BC9D8

square

#A85BD8 #D8695B #8BD85B #5BC9D8

split-complementary

#A85BD8 #C9D85B #5BD869

monochromatic

#692395 #8C2FC7 #A85BD8 #C28CE4 #DCBEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#A85BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#A85BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85BD8

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85BD8	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#307ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 91, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.192 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58de5',
    500: '#a85bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85bd8;
$custom-light: #c58de5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.96,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61464,
    "c": 0.19152,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85BD8

secondary

#C2DFAF

accent

#C91C5F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85BD8

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

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