#A156DD#A156DD

#A156DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.202 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A156DD
RGB	rgb(161, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(273, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.21, 54.73, -57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.21, 79.13, 313.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% 0.1214 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.202 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0741, 19.4534, 70.5105)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A156DD #92DD56

analogous

#5D56DD #A156DD #DD56D6

triadic

#A156DD #DDA156 #56DDA1

tetradic

#A156DD #DD5D56 #92DD56 #56D6DD

square

#A156DD #DD5D56 #92DD56 #56D6DD

split-complementary

#A156DD #D6DD56 #56DD5D

monochromatic

#631F9A #8429CD #A156DD #BD89E7 #DABCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#A156DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#A156DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A156DD

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A156DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A156DD	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D77E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D7BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a156dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.202 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189e8',
    500: '#a156dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a156dd;
$custom-light: #c189e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a156dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60298,
    "c": 0.20197,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A156DD

secondary

#C5E1AE

accent

#CE1769

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A156DD

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

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