#A157DD#A157DD

#A157DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.201 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A157DD
RGB	rgb(161, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(273, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(273, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, 54.23, -56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 78.57, 313.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% 0.1202 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.201 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1545, 19.6143, 70.5373)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A157DD #93DD57

analogous

#5E57DD #A157DD #DD57D6

triadic

#A157DD #DDA157 #57DDA1

tetradic

#A157DD #DD5E57 #93DD57 #57D6DD

square

#A157DD #DD5E57 #93DD57 #57D6DD

split-complementary

#A157DD #D6DD57 #57DD5E

monochromatic

#631F9A #842ACD #A157DD #BD8AE7 #DABDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#A157DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#A157DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A157DD

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A157DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A157DD	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1378E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a157dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.201 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18ae8',
    500: '#a157dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a157dd;
$custom-light: #c18ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a157dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.134,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60433,
    "c": 0.20056,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A157DD

secondary

#C5E1AE

accent

#CE1769

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A157DD

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

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