#A957EE#A957EE

#A957EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.221 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A957EE
RGB	rgb(169, 87, 238)
HSL	hsl(273, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(273, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 63.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, 59.88, -63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 87.01, 313.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% 0.1296 -0.1788)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.221 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1997, 21.4248, 83.1534)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A957EE #9CEE57

analogous

#5D57EE #A957EE #EE57E7

triadic

#A957EE #EEA957 #57EEA9

tetradic

#A957EE #EE5D57 #9CEE57 #57E7EE

square

#A957EE #EE5D57 #9CEE57 #57E7EE

split-complementary

#A957EE #E7EE57 #57EE5D

monochromatic

#6C13B8 #8D1FE8 #A957EE #C58FF4 #E2C6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#A957EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#A957EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A957EE

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A957EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A957EE	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3380EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D779B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a957ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 87, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.221 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78bf4',
    500: '#a957ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a957ee;
$custom-light: #c78bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a957ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.583,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62437,
    "c": 0.2208,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A957EE

secondary

#CEEBB6

accent

#DE086A

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A957EE

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

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