#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
RGBrgb(168, 87, 222)
HSLhsl(276, 67%, 61%)
HSVhsv(276, 61%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(24.3%, 60.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(52.30, 56.08, -55.92)
CIE-LCHlch(52.30, 79.19, 315.08°)
OKLaboklab(61.29% 0.129 -0.1576)
OKLCHoklch(61.29% 0.204 309.3)
XYZxyz(32.7389, 20.4157, 71.3090)
Luminance0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

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
##A857DE1.004.135.085.08
#FFFFFF4.131.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0821.001.001.00
##0000005.0821.001.001.00

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

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#A857DE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva