#A156E2#A156E2

#A156E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.207 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A156E2
RGB	rgb(161, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, 55.88, -59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 81.61, 313.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% 0.1212 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.207 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7502, 19.7239, 74.0712)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A156E2 #97E256

analogous

#5B56E2 #A156E2 #E256DD

triadic

#A156E2 #E2A156 #56E2A1

tetradic

#A156E2 #E25B56 #97E256 #56DDE2

square

#A156E2 #E25B56 #97E256 #56DDE2

split-complementary

#A156E2 #DDE256 #56E25B

monochromatic

#641CA2 #8425D6 #A156E2 #BE8AEB #DBBEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#A156E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#A156E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A156E2

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A156E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A156E2	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377BDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a156e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.207 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18aec',
    500: '#a156e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a156e2;
$custom-light: #c18aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a156e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60623,
    "c": 0.20737,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A156E2

secondary

#C8E4B0

accent

#D3136C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A156E2

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

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