#A156E5#A156E5

#A156E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.211 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A156E5
RGB	rgb(161, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 56.57, -60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 83.09, 312.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% 0.121 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.211 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1655, 19.8900, 76.2582)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A156E5 #9AE556

analogous

#5A56E5 #A156E5 #E556E1

triadic

#A156E5 #E5A156 #56E5A1

tetradic

#A156E5 #E55A56 #9AE556 #56E1E5

square

#A156E5 #E55A56 #9AE556 #56E1E5

split-complementary

#A156E5 #E1E556 #56E55A

monochromatic

#641AA7 #8322DC #A156E5 #BF8BED #DCC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#A156E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#A156E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A156E5

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A156E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A156E5	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#327BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a156e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.211 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18aee',
    500: '#a156e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a156e5;
$custom-light: #c18aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a156e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.469,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6082,
    "c": 0.2106,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A156E5

secondary

#CAE6B1

accent

#D5106E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A156E5

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

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