#A85BE8#A85BE8

#A85BE8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.209 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85BE8
RGB	rgb(168, 91, 232)
HSL	hsl(273, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 60.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, 56.35, -59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 81.89, 313.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.124 -0.1679)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.209 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4519, 21.6335, 78.6890)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85BE8 #9BE85B

analogous

#615BE8 #A85BE8 #E85BE1

triadic

#A85BE8 #E8A85B #5BE8A8

tetradic

#A85BE8 #E8615B #9BE85B #5BE1E8

square

#A85BE8 #E8615B #9BE85B #5BE1E8

split-complementary

#A85BE8 #E1E85B #5BE861

monochromatic

#6B19B0 #8C25E0 #A85BE8 #C491F0 #E1C6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#A85BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#A85BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85BE8

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85BE8	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E7EEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F81E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 91, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.209 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68df0',
    500: '#a85be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85be8;
$custom-light: #c68df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.766,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62455,
    "c": 0.20873,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85BE8

secondary

#CDE9B6

accent

#D80E69

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85BE8

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

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