#A156E4#A156E4

#A156E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.210 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A156E4
RGB	rgb(161, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, 56.34, -60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 82.60, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% 0.1211 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.21 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0263, 19.8343, 75.5250)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A156E4 #99E456

analogous

#5A56E4 #A156E4 #E456E0

triadic

#A156E4 #E4A156 #56E4A1

tetradic

#A156E4 #E45A56 #99E456 #56E0E4

square

#A156E4 #E45A56 #99E456 #56E0E4

split-complementary

#A156E4 #E0E456 #56E45A

monochromatic

#641AA5 #8423DA #A156E4 #BE8BEC #DCC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#A156E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#A156E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A156E4

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A156E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A156E4	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a156e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.210 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18aed',
    500: '#a156e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a156e4;
$custom-light: #c18aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a156e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.69,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60754,
    "c": 0.20952,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A156E4

secondary

#C9E5B0

accent

#D5116D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A156E4

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

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