#A356E8#A356E8

#A356E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.214 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A356E8
RGB	rgb(163, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(272, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, 57.70, -61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 84.59, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% 0.1234 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.214 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9943, 20.2685, 78.5023)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A356E8 #9BE856

analogous

#5A56E8 #A356E8 #E856E4

triadic

#A356E8 #E8A356 #56E8A3

tetradic

#A356E8 #E85A56 #9BE856 #56E4E8

square

#A356E8 #E85A56 #9BE856 #56E4E8

split-complementary

#A356E8 #E4E856 #56E85A

monochromatic

#6617AC #8620E1 #A356E8 #C08CEF #DEC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#A356E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#A356E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A356E8

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A356E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A356E8	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#317DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a356e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.214 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38af0',
    500: '#a356e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a356e8;
$custom-light: #c38af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a356e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.644,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61241,
    "c": 0.2143,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A356E8

secondary

#CBE8B2

accent

#D80D6D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A356E8

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

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