#A456E8#A456E8

#A456E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.215 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A456E8
RGB	rgb(164, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(272, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, 57.91, -61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 84.59, 313.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% 0.1247 -0.1746)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.215 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1999, 20.3745, 78.5119)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A456E8 #9AE856

analogous

#5B56E8 #A456E8 #E856E3

triadic

#A456E8 #E8A456 #56E8A4

tetradic

#A456E8 #E85B56 #9AE856 #56E3E8

square

#A456E8 #E85B56 #9AE856 #56E3E8

split-complementary

#A456E8 #E3E856 #56E85B

monochromatic

#6717AC #8720E1 #A456E8 #C18CEF #DEC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#A456E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#A456E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A456E8

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A456E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A456E8	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#327DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a456e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.215 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38af0',
    500: '#a456e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a456e8;
$custom-light: #c38af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a456e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.055,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61353,
    "c": 0.21454,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A456E8

secondary

#CBE8B2

accent

#D80D6C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A456E8

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

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