#A257DB#A257DB

#A257DB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.199 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A257DB
RGB	rgb(162, 87, 219)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(274, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 60.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, 54.01, -55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 77.60, 314.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% 0.1215 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.199 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0921, 19.6127, 69.1518)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A257DB #90DB57

analogous

#6057DB #A257DB #DB57D2

triadic

#A257DB #DBA257 #57DBA2

tetradic

#A257DB #DB6057 #90DB57 #57D2DB

square

#A257DB #DB6057 #90DB57 #57D2DB

split-complementary

#A257DB #D2DB57 #57DB60

monochromatic

#642097 #852BCA #A257DB #BE89E6 #DABCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#A257DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#A257DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A257DB

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A257DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A257DB	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A78DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a257db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 87, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.199 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18ae7',
    500: '#a257db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a257db;
$custom-light: #c18ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a257db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.091,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60419,
    "c": 0.19868,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A257DB

secondary

#C3E0AD

accent

#E84088

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A257DB

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

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