#A85BE7#A85BE7

#A85BE7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.208 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85BE7
RGB	rgb(168, 91, 231)
HSL	hsl(273, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 60.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, 56.12, -58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 81.39, 313.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% 0.124 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.208 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3103, 21.5769, 77.9431)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85BE7 #9AE75B

analogous

#625BE7 #A85BE7 #E75BE0

triadic

#A85BE7 #E7A85B #5BE7A8

tetradic

#A85BE7 #E7625B #9AE75B #5BE0E7

square

#A85BE7 #E7625B #9AE75B #5BE0E7

split-complementary

#A85BE7 #E0E75B #5BE762

monochromatic

#6B19AE #8C26DF #A85BE7 #C490EF #E1C6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#A85BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#A85BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85BE7

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85BE7	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#127DEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4081E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 91, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.208 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68def',
    500: '#a85be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85be7;
$custom-light: #c68def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62391,
    "c": 0.20765,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85BE7

secondary

#CCE8B6

accent

#D70F69

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85BE7

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

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