#A157E6#A157E6

#A157E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.210 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A157E6
RGB	rgb(161, 87, 230)
HSL	hsl(271, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 62.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, 56.31, -61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 83.04, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% 0.1198 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.21 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3859, 20.1068, 77.0224)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A157E6 #9CE657

analogous

#5A57E6 #A157E6 #E657E3

triadic

#A157E6 #E6A157 #57E6A1

tetradic

#A157E6 #E65A57 #9CE657 #57E3E6

square

#A157E6 #E65A57 #9CE657 #57E3E6

split-complementary

#A157E6 #E3E657 #57E65A

monochromatic

#6419A9 #8322DE #A157E6 #BF8CEE #DDC2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#A157E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#A157E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A157E6

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A157E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A157E6	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#337CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a157e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 87, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.210 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18aef',
    500: '#a157e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a157e6;
$custom-light: #c18aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a157e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.049,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61017,
    "c": 0.21033,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A157E6

secondary

#CBE7B2

accent

#D60F6F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A157E6

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

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