#A85BE1#A85BE1

#A85BE1 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.201 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85BE1
RGB	rgb(168, 91, 225)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 59.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, 54.77, -56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 78.44, 314.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% 0.1241 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.201 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4774, 21.2437, 73.5564)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85BE1 #94E15B

analogous

#655BE1 #A85BE1 #E15BD7

triadic

#A85BE1 #E1A85B #5BE1A8

tetradic

#A85BE1 #E1655B #94E15B #5BD7E1

square

#A85BE1 #E1655B #94E15B #5BD7E1

split-complementary

#A85BE1 #D7E15B #5BE165

monochromatic

#6B1EA4 #8D27D7 #A85BE1 #C38FEA #DFC2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#A85BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#A85BE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85BE1

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85BE1	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4780DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 91, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.201 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58deb',
    500: '#a85be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85be1;
$custom-light: #c58deb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.478,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62014,
    "c": 0.20119,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85BE1

secondary

#C8E5B3

accent

#D11465

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85BE1

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

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