#A156C8#A156C8

#A156C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.179 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A156C8
RGB	rgb(161, 86, 200)
HSL	hsl(279, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 57%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 50.06, -47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 68.75, 316.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.1213 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.179 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4492, 18.4035, 56.6860)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A156C8 #7DC856

analogous

#6856C8 #A156C8 #C856B6

triadic

#A156C8 #C8A156 #56C8A1

tetradic

#A156C8 #C86856 #7DC856 #56B6C8

square

#A156C8 #C86856 #7DC856 #56B6C8

split-complementary

#A156C8 #B6C856 #56C868

monochromatic

#5F287B #8237AA #A156C8 #BB84D7 #D4B2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#A156C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#A156C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A156C8

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A156C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A156C8	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3473CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5079C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a156c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 86, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.179 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c089d9',
    500: '#a156c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a156c8;
$custom-light: #c089d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a156c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.474,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59004,
    "c": 0.17934,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A156C8

secondary

#B5D4A5

accent

#DA4D7E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A156C8

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

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