#A856DB#A856DB

#A856DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.202 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856DB
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 219)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 60.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.95, 55.91, -54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.95, 78.28, 315.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.98% 0.1303 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(60.98% 0.202 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2600, 20.0955, 69.1835)
Luminance	0.2009 (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

#A856DB #89DB56

analogous

#6556DB #A856DB #DB56CC

triadic

#A856DB #DBA856 #56DBA8

tetradic

#A856DB #DB6556 #89DB56 #56CCDB

square

#A856DB #DB6556 #89DB56 #56CCDB

split-complementary

#A856DB #CCDB56 #56DB65

monochromatic

#692097 #8C2BC9 #A856DB #C288E6 #DCBBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#A856DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#A856DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856DB

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856DB	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D78DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#477DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.202 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58ae7',
    500: '#a856db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856db;
$custom-light: #c58ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.992,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60976,
    "c": 0.20195,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856DB

secondary

#C0E0AD

accent

#E84080

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856DB

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

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