#A356CD#A356CD

#A356CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.185 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A356CD
RGB	rgb(163, 86, 205)
HSL	hsl(279, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 58%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.51, 51.65, -49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.51, 71.29, 316.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.1239 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.185 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4495, 18.8506, 59.8329)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A356CD #80CD56

analogous

#6856CD #A356CD #CD56BB

triadic

#A356CD #CDA356 #56CDA3

tetradic

#A356CD #CD6856 #80CD56 #56BBCD

square

#A356CD #CD6856 #80CD56 #56BBCD

split-complementary

#A356CD #BBCD56 #56CD68

monochromatic

#622682 #8534B1 #A356CD #BD85DB #D6B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#A356CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#A356CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A356CD

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A356CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A356CD	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F74D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E7ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E6B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a356cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 86, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.185 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189dd',
    500: '#a356cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a356cd;
$custom-light: #c189dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a356cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59537,
    "c": 0.18543,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A356CD

secondary

#B8D8A7

accent

#DE4A7E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A356CD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →