#A857E3#A857E3

#A857E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.209 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A857E3
RGB	rgb(168, 87, 227)
HSL	hsl(275, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(275, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 61.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, 57.19, -58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 81.64, 314.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% 0.1289 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.209 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4190, 20.6878, 74.8908)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A857E3 #92E357

analogous

#6257E3 #A857E3 #E357D8

triadic

#A857E3 #E3A857 #57E3A8

tetradic

#A857E3 #E36257 #92E357 #57D8E3

square

#A857E3 #E36257 #92E357 #57D8E3

split-complementary

#A857E3 #D8E357 #57E362

monochromatic

#6B1BA4 #8D24D9 #A857E3 #C38BEC #DEC0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#A857E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#A857E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A857E3

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A857E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A857E3	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#097AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a857e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 87, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.209 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68bec',
    500: '#a857e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a857e3;
$custom-light: #c68bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a857e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6161,
    "c": 0.20895,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A857E3

secondary

#C7E5B1

accent

#D31264

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A857E3

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

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