#A85CD6#A85CD6

#A85CD6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.188 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85CD6
RGB	rgb(168, 92, 214)
HSL	hsl(277, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(277, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 57%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, 51.82, -50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 72.46, 315.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% 0.1228 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.188 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1109, 20.8348, 65.9352)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85CD6 #8AD65C

analogous

#6B5CD6 #A85CD6 #D65CC7

triadic

#A85CD6 #D6A85C #5CD6A8

tetradic

#A85CD6 #D66B5C #8AD65C #5CC7D6

square

#A85CD6 #D66B5C #8AD65C #5CC7D6

split-complementary

#A85CD6 #C7D65C #5CD66B

monochromatic

#692593 #8C31C4 #A85CD6 #C28DE2 #DCBEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#A85CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#A85CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85CD6

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85CD6	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#347ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 92, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.188 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58de3',
    500: '#a85cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85cd6;
$custom-light: #c58de3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.377,
    "s": 59.804,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61483,
    "c": 0.18788,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85CD6

secondary

#C1DEAF

accent

#E34580

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C15

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85CD6

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

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