#A457E9#A457E9

#A457E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.214 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A457E9
RGB	rgb(164, 87, 233)
HSL	hsl(272, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 62.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, 57.66, -61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 84.54, 313.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% 0.1235 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.214 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4228, 20.5923, 79.2889)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A457E9 #9CE957

analogous

#5B57E9 #A457E9 #E957E5

triadic

#A457E9 #E9A457 #57E9A4

tetradic

#A457E9 #E95B57 #9CE957 #57E5E9

square

#A457E9 #E95B57 #9CE957 #57E5E9

split-complementary

#A457E9 #E5E957 #57E95B

monochromatic

#6717AF #8721E2 #A457E9 #C18DF0 #DFC3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#A457E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#A457E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A457E9

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A457E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A457E9	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#337DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a457e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 87, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.214 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38af1',
    500: '#a457e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a457e9;
$custom-light: #c38af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a457e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.644,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61548,
    "c": 0.21427,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A457E9

secondary

#CCE8B3

accent

#D90C6D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A457E9

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

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