#A256E1#A256E1

#A256E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.207 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A256E1
RGB	rgb(162, 86, 225)
HSL	hsl(273, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(273, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 61.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, 55.87, -58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 81.12, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% 0.1225 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.207 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8158, 19.7735, 73.3601)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A256E1 #95E156

analogous

#5C56E1 #A256E1 #E156DA

triadic

#A256E1 #E1A256 #56E1A2

tetradic

#A256E1 #E15C56 #95E156 #56DAE1

square

#A256E1 #E15C56 #95E156 #56DAE1

split-complementary

#A256E1 #DAE156 #56E15C

monochromatic

#641CA0 #8526D4 #A256E1 #BF8AEA #DBBEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#A256E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#A256E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A256E1

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A256E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A256E1	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397BDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a256e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 86, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.207 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28aeb',
    500: '#a256e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a256e1;
$custom-light: #c28aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a256e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.806,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6067,
    "c": 0.20655,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A256E1

secondary

#C7E4AF

accent

#D2146A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A256E1

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

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