#A456EE#A456EE

#A456EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.221 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A456EE
RGB	rgb(164, 86, 238)
HSL	hsl(271, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(271, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 63.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.64, 59.29, -64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.64, 87.54, 312.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% 0.1243 -0.1827)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.221 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0668, 20.7213, 83.0772)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A456EE #A0EE56

analogous

#5856EE #A456EE #EE56EC

triadic

#A456EE #EEA456 #56EEA4

tetradic

#A456EE #EE5856 #A0EE56 #56ECEE

square

#A456EE #EE5856 #A0EE56 #56ECEE

split-complementary

#A456EE #ECEE56 #56EE58

monochromatic

#6712B7 #861EE8 #A456EE #C28EF4 #E0C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#A456EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#A456EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A456EE

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A456EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A456EE	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#287EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96779B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a456ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 86, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.221 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48af4',
    500: '#a456ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a456ee;
$custom-light: #c48af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a456ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.789,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61753,
    "c": 0.22092,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A456EE

secondary

#CFEBB5

accent

#DE0770

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A456EE

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

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