#A957E9#A957E9

#A957E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.216 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A957E9
RGB	rgb(169, 87, 233)
HSL	hsl(274, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(274, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 62.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, 58.75, -60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 84.58, 314.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.1299 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.216 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4753, 21.1350, 79.3383)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A957E9 #97E957

analogous

#6057E9 #A957E9 #E957E0

triadic

#A957E9 #E9A957 #57E9A9

tetradic

#A957E9 #E96057 #97E957 #57E0E9

square

#A957E9 #E96057 #97E957 #57E0E9

split-complementary

#A957E9 #E0E957 #57E960

monochromatic

#6C17AF #8D21E2 #A957E9 #C58DF0 #E0C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#A957E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#A957E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A957E9

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A957E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A957E9	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7FE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a957e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 87, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.216 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78bf1',
    500: '#a957e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a957e9;
$custom-light: #c78bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a957e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.699,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6211,
    "c": 0.21555,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A957E9

secondary

#CBE8B3

accent

#D90C66

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A957E9

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

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