#A456CD#A456CD

#A456CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.186 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A456CD
RGB	rgb(164, 86, 205)
HSL	hsl(279, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 58%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, 51.90, -48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 71.33, 316.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% 0.1252 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.186 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6551, 18.9566, 59.8426)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A456CD #7FCD56

analogous

#6956CD #A456CD #CD56BA

triadic

#A456CD #CDA456 #56CDA4

tetradic

#A456CD #CD6956 #7FCD56 #56BACD

square

#A456CD #CD6956 #7FCD56 #56BACD

split-complementary

#A456CD #BACD56 #56CD69

monochromatic

#632682 #8634B1 #A456CD #BD85DB #D7B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#A456CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#A456CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A456CD

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A456CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A456CD	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3074D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A06B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a456cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 86, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.186 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c289dd',
    500: '#a456cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a456cd;
$custom-light: #c289dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a456cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.328,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59655,
    "c": 0.18579,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A456CD

secondary

#B8D8A7

accent

#DE4A7D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A456CD

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

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