#A85CD5#A85CD5

#A85CD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.187 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85CD5
RGB	rgb(168, 92, 213)
HSL	hsl(278, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 56.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, 51.60, -50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 71.97, 315.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% 0.1228 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.187 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9836, 20.7839, 65.2647)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85CD5 #89D55C

analogous

#6C5CD5 #A85CD5 #D55CC5

triadic

#A85CD5 #D5A85C #5CD5A8

tetradic

#A85CD5 #D56C5C #89D55C #5CC5D5

square

#A85CD5 #D56C5C #89D55C #5CC5D5

split-complementary

#A85CD5 #C5D55C #5CD56C

monochromatic

#692591 #8C32C2 #A85CD5 #C28DE2 #DCBDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#A85CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#A85CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85CD5

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85CD5	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#357AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 92, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.187 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58de2',
    500: '#a85cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85cd5;
$custom-light: #c58de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.686,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61424,
    "c": 0.18679,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85CD5

secondary

#C0DEAF

accent

#E24680

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85CD5

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

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