#A356ED#A356ED

#A356ED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.220 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A356ED
RGBrgb(163, 86, 237)
HSLhsl(271, 81%, 63%)
HSVhsv(271, 64%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(31.2%, 63.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(52.46, 58.85, -64.15)
CIE-LCHlch(52.46, 87.05, 312.54°)
OKLaboklab(61.58% 0.1231 -0.1819)
OKLCHoklch(61.58% 0.22 304.1)
XYZxyz(33.7147, 20.5566, 82.2960)
Luminance0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A356ED #A0ED56
analogous
#5756ED #A356ED #ED56EC
triadic
#A356ED #EDA356 #56EDA3
tetradic
#A356ED #ED5756 #A0ED56 #56ECED
square
#A356ED #ED5756 #A0ED56 #56ECED
split-complementary
#A356ED #ECED56 #56ED57
monochromatic
#6613B5 #851FE7 #A356ED #C18DF3 #DFC5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11
#A356ED on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11
#A356ED on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A356ED
5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A356ED#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A356ED1.004.115.115.11
#FFFFFF4.111.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1121.001.001.00
##0000005.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#007BF2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#287DEA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#95779A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a356ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 86, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.220 304.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38af4',
    500: '#a356ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a356ed;
$custom-light: #c38af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a356ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.596,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61576,
    "c": 0.21964,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A356ED
secondary
#CFEAB4
accent
#DD0871
background
#FCF8FF
surface
#F8F0FE
border
#D1CBD6
text
#130C17
muted
#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A356ED

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#A356ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva