#A056E9#A056E9

#A056E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.215 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A056E9
RGB	rgb(160, 86, 233)
HSL	hsl(270, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 63.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.85, 57.28, -62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.85, 85.07, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.98% 0.1195 -0.1784)
OKLCH	oklch(60.98% 0.215 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5296, 20.0124, 79.2240)
Luminance	0.2001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A056E9 #9FE956

analogous

#5756E9 #A056E9 #E956E8

triadic

#A056E9 #E9A056 #56E9A0

tetradic

#A056E9 #E95756 #9FE956 #56E8E9

square

#A056E9 #E95756 #9FE956 #56E8E9

split-complementary

#A056E9 #E8E956 #56E957

monochromatic

#6317AE #8220E2 #A056E9 #BE8CF0 #DDC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#A056E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#A056E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A056E9

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A056E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A056E9	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A7BE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a056e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 86, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.215 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18af1',
    500: '#a056e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a056e9;
$custom-light: #c18af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a056e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.204,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60976,
    "c": 0.21469,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A056E9

secondary

#CDE8B3

accent

#D90C72

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A056E9

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

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