#A85CE3#A85CE3

#A85CE3 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.202 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85CE3
RGB	rgb(168, 92, 227)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(274, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 59.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, 54.72, -56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 78.86, 313.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% 0.1229 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.202 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8379, 21.5256, 75.0304)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85CE3 #97E35C

analogous

#655CE3 #A85CE3 #E35CDA

triadic

#A85CE3 #E3A85C #5CE3A8

tetradic

#A85CE3 #E3655C #97E35C #5CDAE3

square

#A85CE3 #E3655C #97E35C #5CDAE3

split-complementary

#A85CE3 #DAE35C #5CE365

monochromatic

#6B1DA8 #8C28DA #A85CE3 #C490EC #E0C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#A85CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#A85CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85CE3

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85CE3	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4681E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 92, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.202 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58eec',
    500: '#a85ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85ce3;
$custom-light: #c58eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.778,
    "s": 70.681,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62274,
    "c": 0.20193,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85CE3

secondary

#CAE6B5

accent

#D31367

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85CE3

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

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