#A156CA#A156CA

#A156CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.181 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A156CA
RGB	rgb(161, 86, 202)
HSL	hsl(279, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 57.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 50.49, -48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 69.74, 316.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.1214 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.181 312)
XYZ	xyz(28.6845, 18.4976, 57.9250)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A156CA #7FCA56

analogous

#6756CA #A156CA #CA56B9

triadic

#A156CA #CAA156 #56CAA1

tetradic

#A156CA #CA6756 #7FCA56 #56B9CA

square

#A156CA #CA6756 #7FCA56 #56B9CA

split-complementary

#A156CA #B9CA56 #56CA67

monochromatic

#5F287E #8336AD #A156CA #BB85D9 #D5B3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#A156CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#A156CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A156CA

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A156CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A156CA	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3173CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E79C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a156ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 86, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.181 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c089db',
    500: '#a156ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a156ca;
$custom-light: #c089db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a156ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.793,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59123,
    "c": 0.18149,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.18497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A156CA

secondary

#B7D6A6

accent

#DC4C7F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A156CA

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

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