#A256CE#A256CE

#A256CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.186 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A256CE
RGB	rgb(162, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(278, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, 51.62, -49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 71.74, 316.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% 0.1227 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.186 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3666, 18.7938, 60.4611)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A256CE #82CE56

analogous

#6656CE #A256CE #CE56BE

triadic

#A256CE #CEA256 #56CEA2

tetradic

#A256CE #CE6656 #82CE56 #56BECE

square

#A256CE #CE6656 #82CE56 #56BECE

split-complementary

#A256CE #BECE56 #56CE66

monochromatic

#612683 #8434B3 #A256CE #BC85DC #D6B5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#A256CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#A256CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A256CE

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A256CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A256CE	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D74D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C7ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a256ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.186 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189dd',
    500: '#a256ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a256ce;
$custom-light: #c189dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a256ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5948,
    "c": 0.18614,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A256CE

secondary

#B9D8A8

accent

#DE4980

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A256CE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →