#A857E6#A857E6

#A857E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.212 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A857E6
RGB	rgb(168, 87, 230)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 62.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 57.86, -59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 83.10, 314.12°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.1287 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.212 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8366, 20.8548, 77.0904)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A857E6 #95E657

analogous

#6157E6 #A857E6 #E657DC

triadic

#A857E6 #E6A857 #57E6A8

tetradic

#A857E6 #E66157 #95E657 #57DCE6

square

#A857E6 #E66157 #95E657 #57DCE6

split-complementary

#A857E6 #DCE657 #57E661

monochromatic

#6B19A9 #8C22DE #A857E6 #C48CEE #DFC2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#A857E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#A857E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A857E6

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A857E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A857E6	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a857e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 87, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.212 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68bef',
    500: '#a857e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a857e6;
$custom-light: #c68bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a857e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.986,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61802,
    "c": 0.21212,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A857E6

secondary

#C9E7B2

accent

#D60F66

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A857E6

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

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