#A257CB#A257CB

#A257CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.181 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A257CB
RGB	rgb(162, 87, 203)
HSL	hsl(279, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 57.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 50.45, -48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 69.69, 316.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% 0.1214 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.181 312)
XYZ	xyz(29.0861, 18.8103, 58.5869)
Luminance	0.1881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A257CB #80CB57

analogous

#6857CB #A257CB #CB57BA

triadic

#A257CB #CBA257 #57CBA2

tetradic

#A257CB #CB6857 #80CB57 #57BACB

square

#A257CB #CB6857 #80CB57 #57BACB

split-complementary

#A257CB #BACB57 #57CB68

monochromatic

#612880 #8436AF #A257CB #BC86D9 #D6B4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#A257CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#A257CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A257CB

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A257CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A257CB	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3374CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E6C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a257cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 87, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.181 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08adb',
    500: '#a257cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a257cb;
$custom-light: #c08adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a257cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.793,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59439,
    "c": 0.18141,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.1881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A257CB

secondary

#B8D7A7

accent

#DC4C7F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A257CB

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

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