#A256E8#A256E8

#A256E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.214 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A256E8
RGB	rgb(162, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(271, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 57.48, -62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 84.58, 312.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% 0.1221 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.214 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7903, 20.1633, 78.4927)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A256E8 #9CE856

analogous

#5956E8 #A256E8 #E856E5

triadic

#A256E8 #E8A256 #56E8A2

tetradic

#A256E8 #E85956 #9CE856 #56E5E8

square

#A256E8 #E85956 #9CE856 #56E5E8

split-complementary

#A256E8 #E5E856 #56E859

monochromatic

#6517AC #8420E1 #A256E8 #C08CEF #DDC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#A256E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#A256E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A256E8

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A256E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A256E8	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F7CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a256e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.214 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28af0',
    500: '#a256e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a256e8;
$custom-light: #c28af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a256e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.233,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6113,
    "c": 0.21406,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A256E8

secondary

#CCE8B2

accent

#D80D6F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A256E8

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

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