#A857EC#A857EC

#A857EC is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.218 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A857EC
RGB	rgb(168, 87, 236)
HSL	hsl(273, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 63.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, 59.21, -62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 86.03, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.1284 -0.1767)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.218 306)
XYZ	xyz(34.6937, 21.1977, 81.6045)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A857EC #9BEC57

analogous

#5D57EC #A857EC #EC57E6

triadic

#A857EC #ECA857 #57ECA8

tetradic

#A857EC #EC5D57 #9BEC57 #57E6EC

square

#A857EC #EC5D57 #9BEC57 #57E6EC

split-complementary

#A857EC #E6EC57 #57EC5D

monochromatic

#6B14B4 #8C20E6 #A857EC #C48EF2 #E1C5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#A857EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#A857EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A857EC

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A857EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A857EC	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347FE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C769A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a857ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 87, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.218 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68bf3',
    500: '#a857ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a857ec;
$custom-light: #c68bf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a857ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.617,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62193,
    "c": 0.21844,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.21197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A857EC

secondary

#CDEAB5

accent

#DC0A6A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A857EC

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

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