#A857E8#A857E8

#A857E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.214 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A857E8
RGB	rgb(168, 87, 232)
HSL	hsl(274, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(274, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 62.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.91, 58.31, -60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.91, 84.08, 313.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% 0.1286 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.214 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1191, 20.9678, 78.5781)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A857E8 #97E857

analogous

#5F57E8 #A857E8 #E857E0

triadic

#A857E8 #E8A857 #57E8A8

tetradic

#A857E8 #E85F57 #97E857 #57E0E8

square

#A857E8 #E85F57 #97E857 #57E0E8

split-complementary

#A857E8 #E0E857 #57E85F

monochromatic

#6B18AD #8C21E1 #A857E8 #C48DEF #E0C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#A857E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#A857E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A857E8

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A857E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A857E8	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a857e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 87, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.214 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68bf0',
    500: '#a857e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a857e8;
$custom-light: #c68bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a857e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.517,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61932,
    "c": 0.21423,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A857E8

secondary

#CAE8B3

accent

#D80D67

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A857E8

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

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