#A857EE#A857EE

#A857EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.221 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A857EE
RGB	rgb(168, 87, 238)
HSL	hsl(272, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 63.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, 59.66, -63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 87.01, 313.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.1283 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.221 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9859, 21.3145, 83.1433)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A857EE #9DEE57

analogous

#5C57EE #A857EE #EE57E9

triadic

#A857EE #EEA857 #57EEA8

tetradic

#A857EE #EE5C57 #9DEE57 #57E9EE

square

#A857EE #EE5C57 #9DEE57 #57E9EE

split-complementary

#A857EE #E9EE57 #57EE5C

monochromatic

#6B13B8 #8B1FE8 #A857EE #C58FF4 #E2C6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#A857EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#A857EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A857EE

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A857EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A857EE	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3180EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C779B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a857ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 87, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.221 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68bf4',
    500: '#a857ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a857ee;
$custom-light: #c68bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a857ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.185,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62325,
    "c": 0.22054,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A857EE

secondary

#CEEBB6

accent

#DE086B

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A857EE

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

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