#A156CB#A156CB

#A156CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.183 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A156CB
RGB	rgb(161, 86, 203)
HSL	hsl(278, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 57.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 50.71, -48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 70.23, 316.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.1214 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.183 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8033, 18.5451, 58.5506)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A156CB #80CB56

analogous

#6756CB #A156CB #CB56BA

triadic

#A156CB #CBA156 #56CBA1

tetradic

#A156CB #CB6756 #80CB56 #56BACB

square

#A156CB #CB6756 #80CB56 #56BACB

split-complementary

#A156CB #BACB56 #56CB67

monochromatic

#60277F #8336AE #A156CB #BB85D9 #D5B4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#A156CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#A156CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A156CB

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A156CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A156CB	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3074CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D79C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a156cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 86, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.183 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c089db',
    500: '#a156cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a156cb;
$custom-light: #c089db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a156cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.462,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59183,
    "c": 0.18256,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A156CB

secondary

#B8D6A6

accent

#DC4B7F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A156CB

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

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