#A857F0#A857F0

#A857F0 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.223 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A857F0
RGB	rgb(168, 87, 240)
HSL	hsl(272, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 63.7%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, 60.12, -64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 87.99, 313.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.1281 -0.1821)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.223 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2814, 21.4327, 84.6994)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A857F0 #9FF057

analogous

#5C57F0 #A857F0 #F057EB

triadic

#A857F0 #F0A857 #57F0A8

tetradic

#A857F0 #F05C57 #9FF057 #57EBF0

square

#A857F0 #F05C57 #9FF057 #57EBF0

split-complementary

#A857F0 #EBF057 #57F05C

monochromatic

#6B11BC #8B1FEB #A857F0 #C58FF5 #E2C7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#A857F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#A857F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A857F0

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A857F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A857F0	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E80ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B789C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a857f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 87, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.223 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68bf6',
    500: '#a857f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a857f0;
$custom-light: #c68bf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a857f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 83.607,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62458,
    "c": 0.22266,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A857F0

secondary

#D0ECB7

accent

#E0056C

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FF

border

#D2CBD7

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A857F0

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

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