#A157E1#A157E1

#A157E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.205 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A157E1
RGB	rgb(161, 87, 225)
HSL	hsl(272, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(272, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 61.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.64, 55.15, -58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.64, 80.56, 313.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% 0.12 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.205 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6938, 19.8300, 73.3775)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A157E1 #97E157

analogous

#5C57E1 #A157E1 #E157DC

triadic

#A157E1 #E1A157 #57E1A1

tetradic

#A157E1 #E15C57 #97E157 #57DCE1

square

#A157E1 #E15C57 #97E157 #57DCE1

split-complementary

#A157E1 #DCE157 #57E15C

monochromatic

#641DA1 #8426D5 #A157E1 #BE8BEA #DBBFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#A157E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#A157E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A157E1

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A157E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A157E1	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0179E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397BDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a157e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 87, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.205 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18aeb',
    500: '#a157e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a157e1;
$custom-light: #c18aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a157e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.174,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6069,
    "c": 0.2049,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A157E1

secondary

#C8E4B0

accent

#D2146C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A157E1

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

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