#A156CE#A156CE

#A156CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.186 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A156CE
RGB	rgb(161, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(278, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.32, 51.37, -50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.32, 71.71, 315.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.1215 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.186 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1642, 18.6895, 60.4516)
Luminance	0.1869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A156CE #83CE56

analogous

#6556CE #A156CE #CE56BF

triadic

#A156CE #CEA156 #56CEA1

tetradic

#A156CE #CE6556 #83CE56 #56BFCE

square

#A156CE #CE6556 #83CE56 #56BFCE

split-complementary

#A156CE #BFCE56 #56CE65

monochromatic

#602683 #8334B3 #A156CE #BB85DC #D6B5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#A156CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#A156CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A156CE

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A156CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A156CE	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D74D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B79CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a156ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.186 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c089dd',
    500: '#a156ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a156ce;
$custom-light: #c089dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a156ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59363,
    "c": 0.18579,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A156CE

secondary

#BAD8A8

accent

#DE4981

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A156CE

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

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