#A256C5#A256C5

#A256C5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.177 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A256C5
RGB	rgb(162, 86, 197)
HSL	hsl(281, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(281, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 56.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, 49.67, -45.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 67.33, 317.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.1224 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.177 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3044, 18.3690, 54.8671)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A256C5 #79C556

analogous

#6A56C5 #A256C5 #C556B1

triadic

#A256C5 #C5A256 #56C5A2

tetradic

#A256C5 #C56A56 #79C556 #56B1C5

square

#A256C5 #C56A56 #79C556 #56B1C5

split-complementary

#A256C5 #B1C556 #56C56A

monochromatic

#5F2978 #8339A5 #A256C5 #BB84D5 #D4B1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#A256C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#A256C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A256C5

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A256C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A256C5	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3773C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5379C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F6985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a256c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 86, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.177 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c089d7',
    500: '#a256c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a256c5;
$custom-light: #c089d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a256c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.081,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58947,
    "c": 0.17653,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A256C5

secondary

#B3D3A4

accent

#D84F7B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#130C14

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A256C5

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

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