#A85BE6#A85BE6

#A85BE6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.207 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85BE6
RGB	rgb(168, 91, 230)
HSL	hsl(273, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 60.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, 55.89, -58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 80.90, 313.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.1241 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.207 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1695, 21.5205, 77.2014)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85BE6 #99E65B

analogous

#625BE6 #A85BE6 #E65BDF

triadic

#A85BE6 #E6A85B #5BE6A8

tetradic

#A85BE6 #E6625B #99E65B #5BDFE6

square

#A85BE6 #E6625B #99E65B #5BDFE6

split-complementary

#A85BE6 #DFE65B #5BE662

monochromatic

#6B1AAC #8C26DE #A85BE6 #C490EE #E0C5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#A85BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#A85BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85BE6

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85BE6	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#157DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4180E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 91, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.207 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68def',
    500: '#a85be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85be6;
$custom-light: #c68def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.237,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62328,
    "c": 0.20658,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85BE6

secondary

#CCE7B5

accent

#D61068

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85BE6

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

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