#A857F5#A857F5

#A857F5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.228 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A857F5
RGB	rgb(168, 87, 245)
HSL	hsl(271, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(271, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 64.5%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, 61.26, -66.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 90.43, 312.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.1278 -0.1887)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.228 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0343, 21.7339, 88.6652)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A857F5 #A4F557

analogous

#5957F5 #A857F5 #F557F3

triadic

#A857F5 #F5A857 #57F5A8

tetradic

#A857F5 #F55957 #A4F557 #57F3F5

square

#A857F5 #F55957 #A4F557 #57F3F5

split-complementary

#A857F5 #F3F557 #57F559

monochromatic

#6B0CC6 #8A1DF2 #A857F5 #C691F8 #E4CBFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#A857F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#A857F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A857F5

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A857F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A857F5	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2480F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A799F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a857f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 87, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.228 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78bf9',
    500: '#a857f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a857f5;
$custom-light: #c78bf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a857f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.759,
    "s": 88.764,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62794,
    "c": 0.22791,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A857F5

secondary

#D3EFB9

accent

#E50070

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FF

border

#D2CBD7

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A857F5

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

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