#A256E9#A256E9

#A256E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.215 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A256E9
RGB	rgb(162, 86, 233)
HSL	hsl(271, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(271, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 63.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, 57.71, -62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 85.08, 312.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% 0.1221 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.215 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9328, 20.2203, 79.2429)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A256E9 #9DE956

analogous

#5856E9 #A256E9 #E956E7

triadic

#A256E9 #E9A256 #56E9A2

tetradic

#A256E9 #E95856 #9DE956 #56E7E9

square

#A256E9 #E95856 #9DE956 #56E7E9

split-complementary

#A256E9 #E7E956 #56E958

monochromatic

#6517AE #8420E2 #A256E9 #C08CF0 #DEC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#A256E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#A256E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A256E9

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A256E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A256E9	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E7CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a256e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 86, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.215 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28af1',
    500: '#a256e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a256e9;
$custom-light: #c28af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a256e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.02,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61196,
    "c": 0.21514,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A256E9

secondary

#CCE8B3

accent

#D90C6F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A256E9

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

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