#A85BE3#A85BE3

#A85BE3 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.203 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85BE3
RGB	rgb(168, 91, 227)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 59.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, 55.22, -57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 79.42, 314.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% 0.1241 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.203 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7518, 21.3535, 75.0017)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85BE3 #96E35B

analogous

#645BE3 #A85BE3 #E35BDA

triadic

#A85BE3 #E3A85B #5BE3A8

tetradic

#A85BE3 #E3645B #96E35B #5BDAE3

square

#A85BE3 #E3645B #96E35B #5BDAE3

split-complementary

#A85BE3 #DAE35B #5BE364

monochromatic

#6B1DA7 #8C27DA #A85BE3 #C48FEC #DFC4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#A85BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#A85BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85BE3

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85BE3	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D7CE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4580E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 91, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.203 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58dec',
    500: '#a85be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85be3;
$custom-light: #c58dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.971,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62139,
    "c": 0.20335,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85BE3

secondary

#CAE6B4

accent

#D31366

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85BE3

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

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