#A85BE4#A85BE4

#A85BE4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.204 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85BE4
RGB	rgb(168, 91, 228)
HSL	hsl(274, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(274, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 60.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, 55.44, -57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 79.92, 313.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% 0.1241 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.204 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8902, 21.4089, 75.7307)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85BE4 #97E45B

analogous

#645BE4 #A85BE4 #E45BDB

triadic

#A85BE4 #E4A85B #5BE4A8

tetradic

#A85BE4 #E4645B #97E45B #5BDBE4

square

#A85BE4 #E4645B #97E45B #5BDBE4

split-complementary

#A85BE4 #DBE45B #5BE464

monochromatic

#6B1CA9 #8C26DB #A85BE4 #C490ED #E0C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#A85BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#A85BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85BE4

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85BE4	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B7DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4480E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 91, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.204 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68ded',
    500: '#a85be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85be4;
$custom-light: #c68ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.723,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62202,
    "c": 0.20443,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85BE4

secondary

#CAE6B4

accent

#D41267

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85BE4

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

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