#A85EE9#A85EE9

#A85EE9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.206 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85EE9
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 233)
HSL	hsl(272, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 59.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.25, 55.08, -58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.25, 80.70, 313.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.1204 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.206 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8560, 22.2137, 79.5264)
Luminance	0.2221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85EE9 #9FE95E

analogous

#635EE9 #A85EE9 #E95EE5

triadic

#A85EE9 #E9A85E #5EE9A8

tetradic

#A85EE9 #E9635E #9FE95E #5EE5E9

square

#A85EE9 #E9635E #9FE95E #5EE5E9

split-complementary

#A85EE9 #E5E95E #5EE963

monochromatic

#6B19B4 #8B28E2 #A85EE9 #C594F0 #E2CAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#A85EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#A85EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A85EE9

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A85EE9	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A7FED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4282E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.206 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68ff1',
    500: '#a85ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85ee9;
$custom-light: #c68ff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.942,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62923,
    "c": 0.20562,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85EE9

secondary

#D0EAB9

accent

#D80D6C

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85EE9

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

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