#A85CE5#A85CE5

#A85CE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.204 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85CE5
RGB	rgb(168, 92, 229)
HSL	hsl(273, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 59.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, 55.17, -57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 79.85, 313.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.1229 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.204 307)
XYZ	xyz(34.1155, 21.6367, 76.4926)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85CE5 #99E55C

analogous

#635CE5 #A85CE5 #E55CDD

triadic

#A85CE5 #E5A85C #5CE5A8

tetradic

#A85CE5 #E5635C #99E55C #5CDDE5

square

#A85CE5 #E5635C #99E55C #5CDDE5

split-complementary

#A85CE5 #DDE55C #5CE563

monochromatic

#6B1BAB #8C27DD #A85CE5 #C491ED #E0C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#A85CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#A85CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85CE5

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85CE5	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C7DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4481E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 92, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.204 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68eee',
    500: '#a85ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85ce5;
$custom-light: #c68eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.285,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62399,
    "c": 0.20409,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.21636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85CE5

secondary

#CCE7B6

accent

#D51168

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85CE5

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

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