#A257CE#A257CE

#A257CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.185 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A257CE
RGB	rgb(162, 87, 206)
HSL	hsl(278, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 57.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, 51.11, -49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 71.17, 315.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% 0.1214 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.185 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4470, 18.9546, 60.4879)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A257CE #83CE57

analogous

#6657CE #A257CE #CE57BF

triadic

#A257CE #CEA257 #57CEA2

tetradic

#A257CE #CE6657 #83CE57 #57BFCE

square

#A257CE #CE6657 #83CE57 #57BFCE

split-complementary

#A257CE #BFCE57 #57CE66

monochromatic

#612784 #8434B3 #A257CE #BC86DC #D6B6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#A257CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#A257CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A257CE

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A257CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A257CE	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F75D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D7ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a257ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 87, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.185 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08add',
    500: '#a257ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a257ce;
$custom-light: #c08add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a257ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.815,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59618,
    "c": 0.18464,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A257CE

secondary

#BAD8A8

accent

#DE4A81

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A257CE

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

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