#A857E9#A857E9

#A857E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.215 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A857E9
RGB	rgb(168, 87, 233)
HSL	hsl(273, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 62.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, 58.53, -61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 84.57, 313.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.1286 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.215 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2615, 21.0248, 79.3283)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A857E9 #98E957

analogous

#5F57E9 #A857E9 #E957E1

triadic

#A857E9 #E9A857 #57E9A8

tetradic

#A857E9 #E95F57 #98E957 #57E1E9

square

#A857E9 #E95F57 #98E957 #57E1E9

split-complementary

#A857E9 #E1E957 #57E95F

monochromatic

#6B17AF #8C21E2 #A857E9 #C48DF0 #E0C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#A857E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#A857E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A857E9

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A857E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A857E9	1.00	4.03	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387FE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a857e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 87, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.215 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68bf1',
    500: '#a857e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a857e9;
$custom-light: #c68bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a857e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.288,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61997,
    "c": 0.21528,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A857E9

secondary

#CBE8B3

accent

#D90C68

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A857E9

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

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