#A356CE#A356CE

#A356CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.186 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A356CE
RGB	rgb(163, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(279, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.57, 51.87, -49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.57, 71.78, 316.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% 0.124 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.186 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5706, 18.8990, 60.4707)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A356CE #81CE56

analogous

#6756CE #A356CE #CE56BD

triadic

#A356CE #CEA356 #56CEA3

tetradic

#A356CE #CE6756 #81CE56 #56BDCE

square

#A356CE #CE6756 #81CE56 #56BDCE

split-complementary

#A356CE #BDCE56 #56CE67

monochromatic

#622683 #8534B3 #A356CE #BD85DC #D7B5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#A356CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#A356CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A356CE

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A356CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A356CE	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E75D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D7ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E6C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a356ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.186 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189dd',
    500: '#a356ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a356ce;
$custom-light: #c189dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a356ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59597,
    "c": 0.18649,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A356CE

secondary

#B9D8A8

accent

#DE497F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A356CE

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

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