#A257EE#A257EE

#A257EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.219 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A257EE
RGB	rgb(162, 87, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(270, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 63.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.59, 58.39, -64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.59, 87.01, 312.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% 0.1206 -0.183)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.219 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7376, 20.6709, 83.0848)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A257EE #A3EE57

analogous

#5757EE #A257EE #ED57EE

triadic

#A257EE #EEA257 #57EEA2

tetradic

#A257EE #EE5757 #A3EE57 #57EEED

square

#A257EE #EE5757 #A3EE57 #57EEED

split-complementary

#A257EE #EEED57 #57EE57

monochromatic

#6513B8 #831FE8 #A257EE #C18FF4 #E0C6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#A257EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#A257EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A257EE

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A257EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A257EE	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#267DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93789B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a257ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 87, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.219 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28af4',
    500: '#a257ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a257ee;
$custom-light: #c28af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a257ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.801,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61662,
    "c": 0.21918,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A257EE

secondary

#D1EBB6

accent

#DE0873

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A257EE

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

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