#A257CD#A257CD

#A257CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.184 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A257CD
RGB	rgb(162, 87, 205)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 57.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.58, 50.89, -49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.58, 70.68, 316.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% 0.1214 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.184 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3259, 18.9062, 59.8502)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A257CD #82CD57

analogous

#6757CD #A257CD #CD57BD

triadic

#A257CD #CDA257 #57CDA2

tetradic

#A257CD #CD6757 #82CD57 #57BDCD

square

#A257CD #CD6757 #82CD57 #57BDCD

split-complementary

#A257CD #BDCD57 #57CD67

monochromatic

#612783 #8435B2 #A257CD #BC86DB #D6B5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#A257CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#A257CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A257CD

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A257CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A257CD	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3175D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E7ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a257cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 87, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.184 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08add',
    500: '#a257cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a257cd;
$custom-light: #c08add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a257cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.136,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59558,
    "c": 0.18357,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A257CD

secondary

#B9D8A8

accent

#DD4A80

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A257CD

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

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