#A257CA#A257CA

#A257CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.180 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A257CA
RGB	rgb(162, 87, 202)
HSL	hsl(279, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 56.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, 50.24, -47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 69.20, 316.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% 0.1213 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.18 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9673, 18.7627, 57.9613)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A257CA #7FCA57

analogous

#6957CA #A257CA #CA57B9

triadic

#A257CA #CAA257 #57CAA2

tetradic

#A257CA #CA6957 #7FCA57 #57B9CA

square

#A257CA #CA6957 #7FCA57 #57B9CA

split-complementary

#A257CA #B9CA57 #57CA69

monochromatic

#60287F #8437AD #A257CA #BC86D9 #D6B4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#A257CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#A257CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A257CA

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A257CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A257CA	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3474CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E6B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a257ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 87, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.180 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08adb',
    500: '#a257ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a257ca;
$custom-light: #c08adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a257ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5938,
    "c": 0.18035,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A257CA

secondary

#B7D6A7

accent

#DB4C7E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A257CA

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

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