#A257E9#A257E9

#A257E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.214 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A257E9
RGB	rgb(162, 87, 233)
HSL	hsl(271, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(271, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 62.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.27, 57.22, -62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.27, 84.53, 312.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% 0.1209 -0.1763)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.214 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0132, 20.3811, 79.2697)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A257E9 #9EE957

analogous

#5957E9 #A257E9 #E957E7

triadic

#A257E9 #E9A257 #57E9A2

tetradic

#A257E9 #E95957 #9EE957 #57E7E9

square

#A257E9 #E95957 #9EE957 #57E7E9

split-complementary

#A257E9 #E7E957 #57E959

monochromatic

#6517AF #8421E2 #A257E9 #C08DF0 #DEC3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#A257E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#A257E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A257E9

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A257E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A257E9	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F7DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a257e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 87, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.214 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28af1',
    500: '#a257e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a257e9;
$custom-light: #c28af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a257e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.822,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61327,
    "c": 0.2138,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A257E9

secondary

#CDE8B3

accent

#D90C70

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A257E9

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

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