#A857EF#A857EF

#A857EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.222 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A857EF
RGB	rgb(168, 87, 239)
HSL	hsl(272, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 63.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, 59.89, -63.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 87.50, 313.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% 0.1282 -0.1807)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.222 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1332, 21.3735, 83.9192)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A857EF #9EEF57

analogous

#5C57EF #A857EF #EF57EA

triadic

#A857EF #EFA857 #57EFA8

tetradic

#A857EF #EF5C57 #9EEF57 #57EAEF

square

#A857EF #EF5C57 #9EEF57 #57EAEF

split-complementary

#A857EF #EAEF57 #57EF5C

monochromatic

#6B12BA #8B1FEA #A857EF #C58FF4 #E2C7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#A857EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#A857EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A857EF

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A857EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A857EF	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3080EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B779B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a857ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 87, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.222 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68bf5',
    500: '#a857ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a857ef;
$custom-light: #c68bf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a857ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.974,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62392,
    "c": 0.22161,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A857EF

secondary

#CFECB6

accent

#DF066C

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A857EF

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

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