#A257E7#A257E7

#A257E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.212 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A257E7
RGB	rgb(162, 87, 231)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 62.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, 56.76, -61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 83.54, 312.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% 0.1211 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.212 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7291, 20.2675, 77.7736)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A257E7 #9CE757

analogous

#5A57E7 #A257E7 #E757E4

triadic

#A257E7 #E7A257 #57E7A2

tetradic

#A257E7 #E75A57 #9CE757 #57E4E7

square

#A257E7 #E75A57 #9CE757 #57E4E7

split-complementary

#A257E7 #E4E757 #57E75A

monochromatic

#6518AB #8421DF #A257E7 #C08DEF #DDC2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#A257E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#A257E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A257E7

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A257E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A257E7	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#337CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a257e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 87, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.212 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28aef',
    500: '#a257e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a257e7;
$custom-light: #c28aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a257e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.25,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61194,
    "c": 0.21164,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A257E7

secondary

#CCE7B3

accent

#D70E6F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A257E7

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

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