#A257DE#A257DE

#A257DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.202 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A257DE
RGB	rgb(162, 87, 222)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(273, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 60.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, 54.69, -57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 79.08, 313.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% 0.1214 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.202 307)
XYZ	xyz(31.4905, 19.7721, 71.2505)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A257DE #93DE57

analogous

#5E57DE #A257DE #DE57D7

triadic

#A257DE #DEA257 #57DEA2

tetradic

#A257DE #DE5E57 #93DE57 #57D7DE

square

#A257DE #DE5E57 #93DE57 #57D7DE

split-complementary

#A257DE #D7DE57 #57DE5E

monochromatic

#641F9C #8529CF #A257DE #BE8AE8 #DBBDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#A257DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#A257DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A257DE

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A257DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A257DE	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1178E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a257de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 87, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.202 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18ae9',
    500: '#a257de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a257de;
$custom-light: #c18ae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a257de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60609,
    "c": 0.20192,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.19772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A257DE

secondary

#C6E2AF

accent

#CF1668

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A257DE

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

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