#A957DE#A957DE

#A957DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.204 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A957DE
RGB	rgb(169, 87, 222)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 60.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, 56.31, -55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 79.22, 315.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% 0.1303 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.204 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9526, 20.5259, 71.3191)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A957DE #8CDE57

analogous

#6557DE #A957DE #DE57D0

triadic

#A957DE #DEA957 #57DEA9

tetradic

#A957DE #DE6557 #8CDE57 #57D0DE

square

#A957DE #DE6557 #8CDE57 #57D0DE

split-complementary

#A957DE #D0DE57 #57DE65

monochromatic

#6B1F9C #8E29CF #A957DE #C38AE8 #DDBDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#A957DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#A957DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A957DE

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A957DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A957DE	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B79E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a957de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 87, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.204 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68be9',
    500: '#a957de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a957de;
$custom-light: #c68be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a957de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.444,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6141,
    "c": 0.204,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A957DE

secondary

#C3E2AF

accent

#CF165F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A957DE

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

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