#A85EE6#A85EE6

#A85EE6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.202 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85EE6
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 230)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(273, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 59.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.07, 54.39, -57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.07, 79.22, 313.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% 0.1205 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.202 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4311, 22.0438, 77.2886)
Luminance	0.2204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85EE6 #9CE65E

analogous

#645EE6 #A85EE6 #E65EE0

triadic

#A85EE6 #E6A85E #5EE6A8

tetradic

#A85EE6 #E6645E #9CE65E #5EE0E6

square

#A85EE6 #E6645E #9CE65E #5EE0E6

split-complementary

#A85EE6 #E0E65E #5EE664

monochromatic

#6B1BAF #8B29DE #A85EE6 #C593EE #E1C8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#A85EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#A85EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85EE6

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85EE6	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4582E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.202 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68fef',
    500: '#a85ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85ee6;
$custom-light: #c68fef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.647,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62735,
    "c": 0.20233,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85EE6

secondary

#CEE8B8

accent

#D5106A

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85EE6

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

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