#A857CD#A857CD

#A857CD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.186 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A857CD
RGB	rgb(168, 87, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 57.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 52.40, -47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 70.93, 317.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% 0.1289 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.186 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5743, 19.5499, 59.9087)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A857CD #7CCD57

analogous

#6D57CD #A857CD #CD57B7

triadic

#A857CD #CDA857 #57CDA8

tetradic

#A857CD #CD6D57 #7CCD57 #57B7CD

square

#A857CD #CD6D57 #7CCD57 #57B7CD

split-complementary

#A857CD #B7CD57 #57CD6D

monochromatic

#662783 #8B35B2 #A857CD #C086DB #D9B5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#A857CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#A857CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A857CD

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A857CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A857CD	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3476D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537CCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a857cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 87, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.186 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58add',
    500: '#a857cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a857cd;
$custom-light: #c58add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a857cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.186,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60265,
    "c": 0.18583,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A857CD

secondary

#B7D8A8

accent

#DD4A78

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A857CD

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

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