#A257E6#A257E6

#A257E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.211 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A257E6
RGB	rgb(162, 87, 230)
HSL	hsl(271, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 62.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, 56.53, -60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 83.05, 312.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% 0.1211 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.211 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5883, 20.2111, 77.0319)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A257E6 #9BE657

analogous

#5B57E6 #A257E6 #E657E2

triadic

#A257E6 #E6A257 #57E6A2

tetradic

#A257E6 #E65B57 #9BE657 #57E2E6

square

#A257E6 #E65B57 #9BE657 #57E2E6

split-complementary

#A257E6 #E2E657 #57E65B

monochromatic

#6519A9 #8522DE #A257E6 #BF8CEE #DDC2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#A257E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#A257E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A257E6

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A257E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A257E6	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a257e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 87, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.211 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28aef',
    500: '#a257e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a257e6;
$custom-light: #c28aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a257e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.469,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61128,
    "c": 0.21056,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A257E6

secondary

#CBE7B2

accent

#D60F6E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A257E6

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

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