#A257E3#A257E3

#A257E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.207 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A257E3
RGB	rgb(162, 87, 227)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 61.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, 55.84, -59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 81.56, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% 0.1212 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.207 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1706, 20.0441, 74.8323)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A257E3 #98E357

analogous

#5C57E3 #A257E3 #E357DE

triadic

#A257E3 #E3A257 #57E3A2

tetradic

#A257E3 #E35C57 #98E357 #57DEE3

square

#A257E3 #E35C57 #98E357 #57DEE3

split-complementary

#A257E3 #DEE357 #57E35C

monochromatic

#651BA4 #8524D9 #A257E3 #BF8BEC #DCC0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#A257E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#A257E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A257E3

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A257E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A257E3	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a257e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 87, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.207 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28aec',
    500: '#a257e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a257e3;
$custom-light: #c28aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a257e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60932,
    "c": 0.20732,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A257E3

secondary

#C9E5B1

accent

#D3126C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A257E3

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

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