#A456E5#A456E5

#A456E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.211 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A456E5
RGB	rgb(164, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, 57.23, -60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 83.12, 313.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% 0.1249 -0.1705)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.211 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7775, 20.2055, 76.2869)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A456E5 #97E556

analogous

#5D56E5 #A456E5 #E556DF

triadic

#A456E5 #E5A456 #56E5A4

tetradic

#A456E5 #E55D56 #97E556 #56DFE5

square

#A456E5 #E55D56 #97E556 #56DFE5

split-complementary

#A456E5 #DFE556 #56E55D

monochromatic

#671AA7 #8722DC #A456E5 #C18BED #DDC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#A456E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#A456E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A456E5

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A456E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A456E5	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a456e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.211 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38aee',
    500: '#a456e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a456e5;
$custom-light: #c38aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a456e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61156,
    "c": 0.21135,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A456E5

secondary

#C9E6B1

accent

#D5106A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A456E5

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

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