#A957F5#A957F5

#A957F5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.228 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A957F5
RGB	rgb(169, 87, 245)
HSL	hsl(271, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(271, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 64.5%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, 61.47, -66.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 90.42, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.129 -0.1881)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.228 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2481, 21.8441, 88.6752)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A957F5 #A3F557

analogous

#5A57F5 #A957F5 #F557F2

triadic

#A957F5 #F5A957 #57F5A9

tetradic

#A957F5 #F55A57 #A3F557 #57F2F5

square

#A957F5 #F55A57 #A3F557 #57F2F5

split-complementary

#A957F5 #F2F557 #57F55A

monochromatic

#6C0CC6 #8B1DF2 #A957F5 #C791F8 #E4CBFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#A957F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#A957F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A957F5

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A957F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A957F5	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2681F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B799F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a957f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 87, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.228 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78bf9',
    500: '#a957f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a957f5;
$custom-light: #c78bf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a957f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.139,
    "s": 88.764,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62905,
    "c": 0.22814,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A957F5

secondary

#D3EFB9

accent

#E5006E

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FF

border

#D2CBD7

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A957F5

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

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