#A157E7#A157E7

#A157E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.211 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A157E7
RGB	rgb(161, 87, 231)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 62.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 56.54, -61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 83.54, 312.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% 0.1198 -0.1742)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.211 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5267, 20.1631, 77.7641)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A157E7 #9DE757

analogous

#5957E7 #A157E7 #E757E5

triadic

#A157E7 #E7A157 #57E7A1

tetradic

#A157E7 #E75957 #9DE757 #57E5E7

square

#A157E7 #E75957 #9DE757 #57E5E7

split-complementary

#A157E7 #E5E757 #57E759

monochromatic

#6418AB #8321DF #A157E7 #BF8DEF #DDC2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#A157E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#A157E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A157E7

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A157E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A157E7	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#317CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a157e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 87, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.211 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18aef',
    500: '#a157e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a157e7;
$custom-light: #c18aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a157e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.833,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61084,
    "c": 0.2114,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A157E7

secondary

#CCE7B3

accent

#D70E70

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A157E7

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

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