#A857E4#A857E4

#A857E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.210 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A857E4
RGB	rgb(168, 87, 228)
HSL	hsl(274, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 61.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, 57.41, -58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 82.12, 314.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% 0.1288 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.21 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5574, 20.7431, 75.6198)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A857E4 #93E457

analogous

#6257E4 #A857E4 #E457DA

triadic

#A857E4 #E4A857 #57E4A8

tetradic

#A857E4 #E46257 #93E457 #57DAE4

square

#A857E4 #E46257 #93E457 #57DAE4

split-complementary

#A857E4 #DAE457 #57E462

monochromatic

#6B1BA6 #8D23DB #A857E4 #C38CEC #DFC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#A857E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#A857E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A857E4

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A857E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A857E4	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#037BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a857e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 87, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.210 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68bed',
    500: '#a857e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a857e4;
$custom-light: #c68bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a857e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.468,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61674,
    "c": 0.21001,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A857E4

secondary

#C8E6B1

accent

#D41164

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A857E4

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

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