#A85EE5#A85EE5

#A85EE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.201 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85EE5
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 229)
HSL	hsl(273, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 59%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, 54.16, -57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 78.72, 313.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.1205 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.201 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2911, 21.9877, 76.5511)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85EE5 #9BE55E

analogous

#645EE5 #A85EE5 #E55EDE

triadic

#A85EE5 #E5A85E #5EE5A8

tetradic

#A85EE5 #E5645E #9BE55E #5EDEE5

square

#A85EE5 #E5645E #9BE55E #5EDEE5

split-complementary

#A85EE5 #DEE55E #5EE564

monochromatic

#6B1CAD #8C29DC #A85EE5 #C493EE #E1C7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#A85EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#A85EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85EE5

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85EE5	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4682E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.201 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58fee',
    500: '#a85ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85ee5;
$custom-light: #c58fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.889,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62672,
    "c": 0.20124,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85EE5

secondary

#CDE7B7

accent

#D41169

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85EE5

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

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