#A356E5#A356E5

#A356E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.211 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A356E5
RGB	rgb(163, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.95, 57.01, -60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.95, 83.11, 313.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.1236 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.211 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5718, 20.0995, 76.2772)
Luminance	0.2010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A356E5 #98E556

analogous

#5C56E5 #A356E5 #E556DF

triadic

#A356E5 #E5A356 #56E5A3

tetradic

#A356E5 #E55C56 #98E556 #56DFE5

square

#A356E5 #E55C56 #98E556 #56DFE5

split-complementary

#A356E5 #DFE556 #56E55C

monochromatic

#661AA7 #8622DC #A356E5 #C08BED #DDC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#A356E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#A356E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A356E5

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A356E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A356E5	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a356e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.211 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28aee',
    500: '#a356e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a356e5;
$custom-light: #c28aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a356e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61043,
    "c": 0.21109,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A356E5

secondary

#C9E6B1

accent

#D5106B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A356E5

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

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