#A257E0#A257E0

#A257E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.204 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A257E0
RGB	rgb(162, 87, 224)
HSL	hsl(273, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(273, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 61.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, 55.15, -58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 80.07, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% 0.1214 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.204 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7602, 19.8799, 72.6706)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A257E0 #95E057

analogous

#5D57E0 #A257E0 #E057D9

triadic

#A257E0 #E0A257 #57E0A2

tetradic

#A257E0 #E05D57 #95E057 #57D9E0

square

#A257E0 #E05D57 #95E057 #57D9E0

split-complementary

#A257E0 #D9E057 #57E05D

monochromatic

#641D9F #8527D3 #A257E0 #BF8BEA #DBBEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#A257E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#A257E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A257E0

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A257E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A257E0	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0979E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7CDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a257e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 87, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.204 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18aea',
    500: '#a257e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a257e0;
$custom-light: #c18aea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a257e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.847,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60738,
    "c": 0.20408,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A257E0

secondary

#C7E3B0

accent

#D1156A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A257E0

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

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