#A156EF#A156EF

#A156EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.221 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A156EF
RGB	rgb(161, 86, 239)
HSL	hsl(269, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(269, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 64%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, 58.90, -65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 88.04, 311.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% 0.1203 -0.1858)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.221 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6021, 20.4646, 83.8244)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A156EF #A4EF56

analogous

#5657EF #A156EF #EE56EF

triadic

#A156EF #EFA156 #56EFA1

tetradic

#A156EF #EF5657 #A4EF56 #56EFEE

square

#A156EF #EF5657 #A4EF56 #56EFEE

split-complementary

#A156EF #EFEE56 #57EF56

monochromatic

#6412B9 #821EEA #A156EF #C08EF4 #DFC6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#A156EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#A156EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A156EF

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A156EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A156EF	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#207DEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92779B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a156ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 86, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.221 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28af5',
    500: '#a156ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a156ef;
$custom-light: #c28af5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a156ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.412,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61492,
    "c": 0.22136,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A156EF

secondary

#D1EBB5

accent

#DF0675

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A156EF

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

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