#A156CC#A156CC

#A156CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.184 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A156CC
RGB	rgb(161, 86, 204)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 57.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 50.93, -49.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 70.72, 316.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% 0.1214 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.184 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9228, 18.5929, 59.1802)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A156CC #81CC56

analogous

#6656CC #A156CC #CC56BC

triadic

#A156CC #CCA156 #56CCA1

tetradic

#A156CC #CC6656 #81CC56 #56BCCC

square

#A156CC #CC6656 #81CC56 #56BCCC

split-complementary

#A156CC #BCCC56 #56CC66

monochromatic

#602781 #8335B0 #A156CC #BB85DA #D5B4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#A156CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#A156CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A156CC

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A156CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A156CC	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F74D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D79C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a156cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 86, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.184 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c089dc',
    500: '#a156cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a156cc;
$custom-light: #c089dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a156cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.136,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59242,
    "c": 0.18364,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A156CC

secondary

#B8D7A7

accent

#DD4B80

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A156CC

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

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