#A85EE3#A85EE3

#A85EE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.199 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85EE3
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 227)
HSL	hsl(273, 70%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 58.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, 53.71, -56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 77.73, 313.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% 0.1205 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.199 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0134, 21.8767, 75.0889)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85EE3 #99E35E

analogous

#655EE3 #A85EE3 #E35EDC

triadic

#A85EE3 #E3A85E #5EE3A8

tetradic

#A85EE3 #E3655E #99E35E #5EDCE3

square

#A85EE3 #E3655E #99E35E #5EDCE3

split-complementary

#A85EE3 #DCE35E #5EE365

monochromatic

#6B1DA9 #8C2ADA #A85EE3 #C492EC #E0C6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#A85EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#A85EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85EE3

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85EE3	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4881E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.199 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58fec',
    500: '#a85ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85ee3;
$custom-light: #c58fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.383,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62548,
    "c": 0.19906,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85EE3

secondary

#CCE6B6

accent

#D21368

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85EE3

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

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