#A857CE#A857CE

#A857CE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.187 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A857CE
RGB	rgb(168, 87, 206)
HSL	hsl(281, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 57.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 52.61, -48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 71.42, 317.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% 0.1289 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.187 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6953, 19.5983, 60.5464)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A857CE #7DCE57

analogous

#6C57CE #A857CE #CE57B9

triadic

#A857CE #CEA857 #57CEA8

tetradic

#A857CE #CE6C57 #7DCE57 #57B9CE

square

#A857CE #CE6C57 #7DCE57 #57B9CE

split-complementary

#A857CE #B9CE57 #57CE6C

monochromatic

#662784 #8B34B3 #A857CE #C186DC #D9B6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#A857CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#A857CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A857CE

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A857CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A857CE	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3376D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a857ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 87, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.187 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58add',
    500: '#a857ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a857ce;
$custom-light: #c58add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a857ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.84,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60324,
    "c": 0.18688,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A857CE

secondary

#B8D8A8

accent

#DE4A79

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A857CE

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

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