#A056E5#A056E5

#A056E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.210 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A056E5
RGB	rgb(160, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, 56.35, -61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 83.09, 312.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% 0.1197 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.21 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9647, 19.7865, 76.2488)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A056E5 #9BE556

analogous

#5956E5 #A056E5 #E556E2

triadic

#A056E5 #E5A056 #56E5A0

tetradic

#A056E5 #E55956 #9BE556 #56E2E5

square

#A056E5 #E55956 #9BE556 #56E2E5

split-complementary

#A056E5 #E2E556 #56E559

monochromatic

#631AA7 #8222DC #A056E5 #BE8BED #DCC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#A056E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#A056E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A056E5

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A056E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A056E5	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#317BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a056e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.210 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08aee',
    500: '#a056e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a056e5;
$custom-light: #c08aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a056e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.049,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60709,
    "c": 0.21036,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A056E5

secondary

#CAE6B1

accent

#D5106F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A056E5

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

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