#A256E6#A256E6

#A256E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.212 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A256E6
RGB	rgb(162, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, 57.02, -61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 83.60, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61% 0.1222 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.212 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5079, 20.0503, 77.0051)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A256E6 #9AE656

analogous

#5A56E6 #A256E6 #E656E2

triadic

#A256E6 #E6A256 #56E6A2

tetradic

#A256E6 #E65A56 #9AE656 #56E2E6

square

#A256E6 #E65A56 #9AE656 #56E2E6

split-complementary

#A256E6 #E2E656 #56E65A

monochromatic

#6519A9 #8521DE #A256E6 #BF8BEE #DDC1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#A256E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#A256E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A256E6

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A256E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A256E6	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#327CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a256e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.212 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28aef',
    500: '#a256e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a256e6;
$custom-light: #c28aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a256e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60997,
    "c": 0.21192,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A256E6

secondary

#CAE6B1

accent

#D60F6D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A256E6

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

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