#A857FA#A857FA

#A857FA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.233 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A857FA
RGB	rgb(168, 87, 250)
HSL	hsl(270, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(270, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 65.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.07, 62.41, -68.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.07, 92.87, 312.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.1273 -0.1954)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.233 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8080, 22.0434, 92.7396)
Luminance	0.2204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A857FA #A9FA57

analogous

#5757FA #A857FA #FA57FA

triadic

#A857FA #FAA857 #57FAA8

tetradic

#A857FA #FA5757 #A9FA57 #57FAFA

square

#A857FA #FA5757 #A9FA57 #57FAFA

split-complementary

#A857FA #FAFA57 #57FA57

monochromatic

#6B06D0 #891CF8 #A857FA #C792FC #E6CEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#A857FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#A857FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A857FA

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A857FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A857FA	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1681F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a857fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 87, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.233 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78bfd',
    500: '#a857fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a857fa;
$custom-light: #c78bfd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a857fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.816,
    "s": 94.22,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63136,
    "c": 0.23317,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A857FA

secondary

#D7F1BC

accent

#E60073

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FF

border

#D2CBD7

text

#140C18

muted

#827D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #A857FA

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

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