#A456EF#A456EF

#A456EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.222 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A456EF
RGB	rgb(164, 86, 239)
HSL	hsl(271, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(271, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 64%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, 59.52, -64.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 88.03, 312.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% 0.1242 -0.184)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.222 304)
XYZ	xyz(34.2141, 20.7802, 83.8531)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A456EF #A1EF56

analogous

#5756EF #A456EF #EF56EE

triadic

#A456EF #EFA456 #56EFA4

tetradic

#A456EF #EF5756 #A1EF56 #56EEEF

square

#A456EF #EF5756 #A1EF56 #56EEEF

split-complementary

#A456EF #EEEF56 #56EF57

monochromatic

#6712B9 #861EEA #A456EF #C28EF4 #E0C6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#A456EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#A456EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A456EF

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A456EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A456EF	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#267EEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96779B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a456ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 86, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.222 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48af5',
    500: '#a456ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a456ef;
$custom-light: #c48af5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a456ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.588,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61821,
    "c": 0.22199,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.2078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A456EF

secondary

#D0EBB5

accent

#DF0671

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A456EF

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

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