#A957CE#A957CE

#A957CE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.187 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A957CE
RGB	rgb(169, 87, 206)
HSL	hsl(281, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 57.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, 52.86, -48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 71.46, 317.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% 0.1301 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.187 314)
XYZ	xyz(30.9091, 19.7085, 60.5565)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A957CE #7CCE57

analogous

#6E57CE #A957CE #CE57B7

triadic

#A957CE #CEA957 #57CEA9

tetradic

#A957CE #CE6E57 #7CCE57 #57B7CE

square

#A957CE #CE6E57 #7CCE57 #57B7CE

split-complementary

#A957CE #B7CE57 #57CE6E

monochromatic

#672784 #8C34B3 #A957CE #C186DC #DAB6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#A957CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#A957CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A957CE

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A957CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A957CE	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3476D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a957ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 87, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.187 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58add',
    500: '#a957ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a957ce;
$custom-light: #c58add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a957ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.345,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60443,
    "c": 0.18727,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.19708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A957CE

secondary

#B7D8A8

accent

#DE4A78

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A957CE

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

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