#A456E1#A456E1

#A456E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.207 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A456E1
RGB	rgb(164, 86, 225)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 61.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 56.32, -58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 81.15, 313.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% 0.125 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.207 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2254, 19.9847, 73.3793)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A456E1 #93E156

analogous

#5E56E1 #A456E1 #E156D8

triadic

#A456E1 #E1A456 #56E1A4

tetradic

#A456E1 #E15E56 #93E156 #56D8E1

square

#A456E1 #E15E56 #93E156 #56D8E1

split-complementary

#A456E1 #D8E156 #56E15E

monochromatic

#661CA0 #8826D4 #A456E1 #C08AEA #DCBEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#A456E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#A456E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A456E1

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A456E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A456E1	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0179E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a456e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 86, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.207 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38aeb',
    500: '#a456e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a456e1;
$custom-light: #c38aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a456e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.669,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60896,
    "c": 0.20708,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A456E1

secondary

#C6E4AF

accent

#D21467

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A456E1

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

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