#A256E7#A256E7

#A256E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.213 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A256E7
RGB	rgb(162, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, 57.25, -61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 84.09, 312.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% 0.1222 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.213 305)
XYZ	xyz(32.6487, 20.1067, 77.7468)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A256E7 #9BE756

analogous

#5956E7 #A256E7 #E756E4

triadic

#A256E7 #E7A256 #56E7A2

tetradic

#A256E7 #E75956 #9BE756 #56E4E7

square

#A256E7 #E75956 #9BE756 #56E4E7

split-complementary

#A256E7 #E4E756 #56E759

monochromatic

#6518AA #8520DF #A256E7 #BF8CEF #DDC1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#A256E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#A256E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A256E7

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A256E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A256E7	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#317CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a256e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.213 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28aef',
    500: '#a256e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a256e7;
$custom-light: #c28aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a256e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.448,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61063,
    "c": 0.21299,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.20106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A256E7

secondary

#CBE7B2

accent

#D70E6E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A256E7

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

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