#A857DE#A857DE

#A857DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.204 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A857DE
RGB	rgb(168, 87, 222)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 60.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 56.08, -55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 79.19, 315.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% 0.129 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.204 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7389, 20.4157, 71.3090)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A857DE #8DDE57

analogous

#6457DE #A857DE #DE57D0

triadic

#A857DE #DEA857 #57DEA8

tetradic

#A857DE #DE6457 #8DDE57 #57D0DE

square

#A857DE #DE6457 #8DDE57 #57D0DE

split-complementary

#A857DE #D0DE57 #57DE64

monochromatic

#6A1F9C #8D29CF #A857DE #C28AE8 #DDBDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#A857DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#A857DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A857DE

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A857DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A857DE	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A79E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#457EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A07193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a857de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 87, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.204 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58ae9',
    500: '#a857de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a857de;
$custom-light: #c58ae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a857de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61294,
    "c": 0.20369,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A857DE

secondary

#C3E2AF

accent

#CF1660

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A857DE

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

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