#A356D9#A356D9

#A356D9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.198 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A356D9
RGB	rgb(163, 86, 217)
HSL	hsl(275, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(275, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 60.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.21, 54.29, -54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.21, 77.19, 314.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% 0.124 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.198 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9539, 19.4524, 67.7562)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A356D9 #8CD956

analogous

#6256D9 #A356D9 #D956CE

triadic

#A356D9 #D9A356 #56D9A3

tetradic

#A356D9 #D96256 #8CD956 #56CED9

square

#A356D9 #D96256 #8CD956 #56CED9

split-complementary

#A356D9 #CED956 #56D962

monochromatic

#642193 #862CC5 #A356D9 #BE88E4 #D9BAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#A356D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#A356D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A356D9

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A356D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A356D9	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C77DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a356d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 86, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.198 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c289e5',
    500: '#a356d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a356d9;
$custom-light: #c289e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a356d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.267,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60272,
    "c": 0.19825,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A356D9

secondary

#C1DFAC

accent

#E64185

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A356D9

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

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