#A85BDD#A85BDD

#A85BDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.197 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85BDD
RGB	rgb(168, 91, 221)
HSL	hsl(276, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(276, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 58.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, 53.87, -54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 76.47, 314.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% 0.1242 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.197 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9381, 21.0280, 70.7162)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85BDD #90DD5B

analogous

#675BDD #A85BDD #DD5BD1

triadic

#A85BDD #DDA85B #5BDDA8

tetradic

#A85BDD #DD675B #90DD5B #5BD1DD

square

#A85BDD #DD675B #90DD5B #5BD1DD

split-complementary

#A85BDD #D1DD5B #5BDD67

monochromatic

#6A219D #8D2BD0 #A85BDD #C38EE8 #DEC0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#A85BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#A85BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85BDD

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85BDD	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A80DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A17493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 91, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.197 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58de8',
    500: '#a85bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85bdd;
$custom-light: #c58de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.538,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61767,
    "c": 0.19689,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85BDD

secondary

#C5E2B1

accent

#CE1862

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85BDD

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

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