#A257E8#A257E8

#A257E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.213 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A257E8
RGB	rgb(162, 87, 232)
HSL	hsl(271, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(271, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 62.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, 56.99, -61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 84.04, 312.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.121 -0.175)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.213 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8707, 20.3241, 78.5195)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A257E8 #9DE857

analogous

#5957E8 #A257E8 #E857E6

triadic

#A257E8 #E8A257 #57E8A2

tetradic

#A257E8 #E85957 #9DE857 #57E6E8

square

#A257E8 #E85957 #9DE857 #57E6E8

split-complementary

#A257E8 #E6E857 #57E859

monochromatic

#6518AD #8421E1 #A257E8 #C08DEF #DEC3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#A257E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#A257E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A257E8

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A257E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A257E8	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#317DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a257e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 87, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.213 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28af0',
    500: '#a257e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a257e8;
$custom-light: #c28af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a257e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.034,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6126,
    "c": 0.21272,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A257E8

secondary

#CCE8B3

accent

#D80D6F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A257E8

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

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