#A156E9#A156E9

#A156E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.215 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A156E9
RGB	rgb(161, 86, 233)
HSL	hsl(271, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(271, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 63.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 57.50, -62.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 85.08, 312.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% 0.1208 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.215 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7304, 20.1160, 79.2335)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A156E9 #9EE956

analogous

#5756E9 #A156E9 #E956E8

triadic

#A156E9 #E9A156 #56E9A1

tetradic

#A156E9 #E95756 #9EE956 #56E8E9

square

#A156E9 #E95756 #9EE956 #56E8E9

split-complementary

#A156E9 #E8E956 #56E957

monochromatic

#6417AE #8320E2 #A156E9 #BF8CF0 #DDC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#A156E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#A156E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A156E9

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A156E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A156E9	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C7CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a156e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 86, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.215 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18af1',
    500: '#a156e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a156e9;
$custom-light: #c18af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a156e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.612,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61086,
    "c": 0.2149,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A156E9

secondary

#CDE8B3

accent

#D90C71

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A156E9

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

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