#A85BE9#A85BE9

#A85BE9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.210 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85BE9
RGB	rgb(168, 91, 233)
HSL	hsl(273, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(273, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 60.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, 56.57, -59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 82.38, 313.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.124 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.21 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5944, 21.6905, 79.4392)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85BE9 #9CE95B

analogous

#615BE9 #A85BE9 #E95BE3

triadic

#A85BE9 #E9A85B #5BE9A8

tetradic

#A85BE9 #E9615B #9CE95B #5BE3E9

square

#A85BE9 #E9615B #9CE95B #5BE3E9

split-complementary

#A85BE9 #E3E95B #5BE961

monochromatic

#6B18B2 #8B25E2 #A85BE9 #C591F0 #E1C7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#A85BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#A85BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85BE9

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85BE9	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#097EED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E81E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D789A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 91, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.210 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68df1',
    500: '#a85be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85be9;
$custom-light: #c68df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.535,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62519,
    "c": 0.20981,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85BE9

secondary

#CEE9B7

accent

#D90D6A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85BE9

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

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