#A157C8#A157C8

#A157C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.178 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A157C8
RGB	rgb(161, 87, 200)
HSL	hsl(279, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 56.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, 49.55, -46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 68.17, 316.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.12 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.178 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5296, 18.5643, 56.7128)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A157C8 #7EC857

analogous

#6957C8 #A157C8 #C857B7

triadic

#A157C8 #C8A157 #57C8A1

tetradic

#A157C8 #C86957 #7EC857 #57B7C8

square

#A157C8 #C86957 #7EC857 #57B7C8

split-complementary

#A157C8 #B7C857 #57C869

monochromatic

#5F297C #8338AA #A157C8 #BB85D7 #D5B3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#A157C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#A157C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A157C8

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A157C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A157C8	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3674CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5179C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a157c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 87, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.178 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08ad9',
    500: '#a157c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a157c8;
$custom-light: #c08ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a157c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.292,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59145,
    "c": 0.17781,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A157C8

secondary

#B6D5A6

accent

#DA4E7E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A157C8

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

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