#A951E5#A951E5

#A951E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.219 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A951E5
RGB	rgb(169, 81, 229)
HSL	hsl(276, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(276, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.81, 60.70, -60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.81, 85.81, 315.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% 0.1369 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.219 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4446, 19.9776, 76.2077)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A951E5 #8DE551

analogous

#5F51E5 #A951E5 #E551D7

triadic

#A951E5 #E5A951 #51E5A9

tetradic

#A951E5 #E55F51 #8DE551 #51D7E5

square

#A951E5 #E55F51 #8DE551 #51D7E5

split-complementary

#A951E5 #D7E551 #51E55F

monochromatic

#6B18A3 #8E20D8 #A951E5 #C386ED #DEBBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#A951E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#A951E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A951E5

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A951E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A951E5	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A07094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a951e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 81, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.219 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c787ee',
    500: '#a951e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a951e5;
$custom-light: #c787ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a951e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.676,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61103,
    "c": 0.2194,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A951E5

secondary

#C4E5AD

accent

#D60F60

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A951E5

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

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