#A256E5#A256E5

#A256E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.211 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A256E5
RGB	rgb(162, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 56.79, -60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 83.10, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% 0.1223 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.211 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3679, 19.9943, 76.2677)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A256E5 #99E556

analogous

#5B56E5 #A256E5 #E556E1

triadic

#A256E5 #E5A256 #56E5A2

tetradic

#A256E5 #E55B56 #99E556 #56E1E5

square

#A256E5 #E55B56 #99E556 #56E1E5

split-complementary

#A256E5 #E1E556 #56E55B

monochromatic

#651AA7 #8522DC #A256E5 #BF8BED #DCC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#A256E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#A256E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A256E5

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A256E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A256E5	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a256e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.211 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28aee',
    500: '#a256e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a256e5;
$custom-light: #c28aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a256e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.888,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60931,
    "c": 0.21084,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A256E5

secondary

#CAE6B1

accent

#D5106D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A256E5

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

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