#A156CD#A156CD

#A156CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.185 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A156CD
RGB	rgb(161, 86, 205)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 58%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 51.15, -49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 71.21, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% 0.1214 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.185 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0431, 18.6410, 59.8139)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A156CD #82CD56

analogous

#6656CD #A156CD #CD56BE

triadic

#A156CD #CDA156 #56CDA1

tetradic

#A156CD #CD6656 #82CD56 #56BECD

square

#A156CD #CD6656 #82CD56 #56BECD

split-complementary

#A156CD #BECD56 #56CD66

monochromatic

#602682 #8334B1 #A156CD #BB85DB #D6B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#A156CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#A156CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A156CD

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A156CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A156CD	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E74D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C79CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a156cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 86, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.185 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c089dd',
    500: '#a156cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a156cd;
$custom-light: #c089dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a156cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.815,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59302,
    "c": 0.18471,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A156CD

secondary

#B9D8A7

accent

#DE4A81

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A156CD

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

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