#A156E7#A156E7

#A156E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.213 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A156E7
RGB	rgb(161, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.84, 57.03, -61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.84, 84.09, 312.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% 0.1209 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.213 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4463, 20.0023, 77.7373)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A156E7 #9CE756

analogous

#5856E7 #A156E7 #E756E5

triadic

#A156E7 #E7A156 #56E7A1

tetradic

#A156E7 #E75856 #9CE756 #56E5E7

square

#A156E7 #E75856 #9CE756 #56E5E7

split-complementary

#A156E7 #E5E756 #56E758

monochromatic

#6418AA #8320DF #A156E7 #BF8CEF #DDC1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#A156E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#A156E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A156E7

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A156E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A156E7	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F7CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a156e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.213 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18aef',
    500: '#a156e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a156e7;
$custom-light: #c18aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a156e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.034,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60952,
    "c": 0.21276,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A156E7

secondary

#CBE7B2

accent

#D70E6F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A156E7

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →