#A856D5#A856D5

#A856D5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.196 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856D5
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 213)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 59.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, 54.61, -51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 75.37, 316.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% 0.1303 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.196 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4843, 19.7853, 65.0983)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856D5 #83D556

analogous

#6856D5 #A856D5 #D556C2

triadic

#A856D5 #D5A856 #56D5A8

tetradic

#A856D5 #D56856 #83D556 #56C2D5

square

#A856D5 #D56856 #83D556 #56C2D5

split-complementary

#A856D5 #C2D556 #56D568

monochromatic

#68238D #8C2FBE #A856D5 #C187E1 #DAB8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#A856D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#A856D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856D5

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856D5	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2877D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C7DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.196 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58ae2',
    500: '#a856d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856d5;
$custom-light: #c58ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.74,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60608,
    "c": 0.19567,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856D5

secondary

#BCDDAA

accent

#E3447D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856D5

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

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