#A85CE6#A85CE6

#A85CE6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.205 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85CE6
RGB	rgb(168, 92, 230)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 60%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, 55.39, -58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 80.34, 313.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.1229 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.205 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2555, 21.6927, 77.2301)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85CE6 #9AE65C

analogous

#635CE6 #A85CE6 #E65CDF

triadic

#A85CE6 #E6A85C #5CE6A8

tetradic

#A85CE6 #E6635C #9AE65C #5CDFE6

square

#A85CE6 #E6635C #9AE65C #5CDFE6

split-complementary

#A85CE6 #DFE65C #5CE663

monochromatic

#6B1BAD #8C27DE #A85CE6 #C491EE #E1C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#A85CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#A85CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85CE6

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85CE6	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A7EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4381E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 92, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.205 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68eef',
    500: '#a85ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85ce6;
$custom-light: #c68eef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.043,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62462,
    "c": 0.20518,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85CE6

secondary

#CCE8B6

accent

#D61069

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85CE6

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

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