#A85CD1#A85CD1

#A85CD1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.182 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85CD1
RGB	rgb(168, 92, 209)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 56%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 50.73, -48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 70.00, 316.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% 0.1226 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.182 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4822, 20.5833, 62.6238)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85CD1 #85D15C

analogous

#6E5CD1 #A85CD1 #D15CC0

triadic

#A85CD1 #D1A85C #5CD1A8

tetradic

#A85CD1 #D16E5C #85D15C #5CC0D1

square

#A85CD1 #D16E5C #85D15C #5CC0D1

split-complementary

#A85CD1 #C0D15C #5CD16E

monochromatic

#68278B #8C35BB #A85CD1 #C18CDE #DBBBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#A85CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#A85CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85CD1

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85CD1	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A79D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557FCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4708E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 92, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.182 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58de0',
    500: '#a85cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85cd1;
$custom-light: #c58de0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.974,
    "s": 55.981,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6119,
    "c": 0.18249,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85CD1

secondary

#BEDBAD

accent

#DF497D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85CD1

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

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