#A256EA#A256EA

#A256EA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.216 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A256EA
RGB	rgb(162, 86, 234)
HSL	hsl(271, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(271, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 63.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, 57.94, -62.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 85.57, 312.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.122 -0.1785)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.216 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0760, 20.2776, 79.9974)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A256EA #9EEA56

analogous

#5856EA #A256EA #EA56E8

triadic

#A256EA #EAA256 #56EAA2

tetradic

#A256EA #EA5856 #9EEA56 #56E8EA

square

#A256EA #EA5856 #9EEA56 #56E8EA

split-complementary

#A256EA #E8EA56 #56EA58

monochromatic

#6516B0 #8420E3 #A256EA #C08CF1 #DEC3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#A256EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#A256EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A256EA

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A256EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A256EA	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C7CE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a256ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 86, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.216 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28af1',
    500: '#a256ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a256ea;
$custom-light: #c28af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a256ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.811,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61263,
    "c": 0.21621,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A256EA

secondary

#CDE9B3

accent

#DA0B70

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A256EA

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

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