#A857EA#A857EA

#A857EA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.216 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A857EA
RGB	rgb(168, 87, 234)
HSL	hsl(273, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 62.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.04, 58.76, -61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.04, 85.06, 313.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.1285 -0.174)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.216 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4048, 21.0821, 80.0827)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A857EA #99EA57

analogous

#5E57EA #A857EA #EA57E3

triadic

#A857EA #EAA857 #57EAA8

tetradic

#A857EA #EA5E57 #99EA57 #57E3EA

square

#A857EA #EA5E57 #99EA57 #57E3EA

split-complementary

#A857EA #E3EA57 #57EA5E

monochromatic

#6B16B1 #8C21E3 #A857EA #C48DF1 #E0C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#A857EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#A857EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A857EA

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A857EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A857EA	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377FE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a857ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 87, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.216 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68bf1',
    500: '#a857ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a857ea;
$custom-light: #c68bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a857ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.061,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62062,
    "c": 0.21633,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A857EA

secondary

#CCE9B4

accent

#DA0B68

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A857EA

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

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