#A256CD#A256CD

#A256CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.185 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A256CD
RGB	rgb(162, 86, 205)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 58%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 51.40, -49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 71.25, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.1227 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.185 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2455, 18.7454, 59.8234)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A256CD #81CD56

analogous

#6656CD #A256CD #CD56BD

triadic

#A256CD #CDA256 #56CDA2

tetradic

#A256CD #CD6656 #81CD56 #56BDCD

square

#A256CD #CD6656 #81CD56 #56BDCD

split-complementary

#A256CD #BDCD56 #56CD66

monochromatic

#612682 #8434B1 #A256CD #BC85DB #D6B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#A256CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#A256CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A256CD

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A256CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A256CD	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F74D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D79CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a256cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 86, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.185 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c089dd',
    500: '#a256cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a256cd;
$custom-light: #c089dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a256cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.319,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59419,
    "c": 0.18506,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A256CD

secondary

#B9D8A7

accent

#DE4A7F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A256CD

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

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