#A957E8#A957E8

#A957E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.214 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A957E8
RGB	rgb(169, 87, 232)
HSL	hsl(274, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(274, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 62.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, 58.53, -60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 84.09, 314.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.1299 -0.1707)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.215 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3328, 21.0780, 78.5881)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A957E8 #96E857

analogous

#6157E8 #A957E8 #E857DE

triadic

#A957E8 #E8A957 #57E8A9

tetradic

#A957E8 #E86157 #96E857 #57DEE8

square

#A957E8 #E86157 #96E857 #57DEE8

split-complementary

#A957E8 #DEE857 #57E861

monochromatic

#6C18AD #8D21E1 #A957E8 #C58DEF #E0C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#A957E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#A957E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A957E8

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A957E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A957E8	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a957e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 87, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.214 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78bf0',
    500: '#a957e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a957e8;
$custom-light: #c78bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a957e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.931,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62045,
    "c": 0.2145,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A957E8

secondary

#CAE8B3

accent

#D80D65

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A957E8

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

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