#A857DB#A857DB

#A857DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.201 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A857DB
RGB	rgb(168, 87, 219)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(277, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 60.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, 55.42, -54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 77.73, 315.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% 0.129 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.201 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3404, 20.2563, 69.2103)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A857DB #8ADB57

analogous

#6657DB #A857DB #DB57CC

triadic

#A857DB #DBA857 #57DBA8

tetradic

#A857DB #DB6657 #8ADB57 #57CCDB

square

#A857DB #DB6657 #8ADB57 #57CCDB

split-complementary

#A857DB #CCDB57 #57DB66

monochromatic

#692097 #8C2BCA #A857DB #C289E6 #DCBCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#A857DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#A857DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A857DB

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A857DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A857DB	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2179DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#487ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A17091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a857db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 87, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.201 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58ae7',
    500: '#a857db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a857db;
$custom-light: #c58ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a857db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.818,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61107,
    "c": 0.20052,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A857DB

secondary

#C1E0AD

accent

#E84081

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A857DB

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

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