#A857DD#A857DD

#A857DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.203 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A857DD
RGB	rgb(168, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(276, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, 55.86, -55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 78.71, 315.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% 0.129 -0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.203 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6053, 20.3623, 70.6053)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A857DD #8CDD57

analogous

#6557DD #A857DD #DD57CF

triadic

#A857DD #DDA857 #57DDA8

tetradic

#A857DD #DD6557 #8CDD57 #57CFDD

square

#A857DD #DD6557 #8CDD57 #57CFDD

split-complementary

#A857DD #CFDD57 #57DD65

monochromatic

#6A1F9A #8D2ACD #A857DD #C28AE7 #DDBDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#A857DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#A857DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A857DD

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A857DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A857DD	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C79E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A17192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a857dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.203 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58ae8',
    500: '#a857dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a857dd;
$custom-light: #c58ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a857dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.269,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61232,
    "c": 0.20263,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A857DD

secondary

#C3E1AE

accent

#CE1760

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A857DD

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

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