#A256D9#A256D9

#A256D9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.198 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A256D9
RGB	rgb(162, 86, 217)
HSL	hsl(275, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(275, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 60.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, 54.06, -55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 77.17, 314.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% 0.1227 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.198 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7499, 19.3472, 67.7467)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A256D9 #8DD956

analogous

#6156D9 #A256D9 #D956CF

triadic

#A256D9 #D9A256 #56D9A2

tetradic

#A256D9 #D96156 #8DD956 #56CFD9

square

#A256D9 #D96156 #8DD956 #56CFD9

split-complementary

#A256D9 #CFD956 #56D961

monochromatic

#632193 #852CC5 #A256D9 #BD88E4 #D9BAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#A256D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#A256D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A256D9

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A256D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A256D9	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B77DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a256d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 86, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.198 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189e5',
    500: '#a256d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a256d9;
$custom-light: #c189e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a256d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.809,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60158,
    "c": 0.19795,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A256D9

secondary

#C1DFAC

accent

#E64187

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A256D9

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

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