#A856DD#A856DD

#A856DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.204 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856DD
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.06, 56.35, -55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.06, 79.26, 315.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% 0.1302 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.204 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5248, 20.2015, 70.5785)
Luminance	0.2020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856DD #8BDD56

analogous

#6456DD #A856DD #DD56CF

triadic

#A856DD #DDA856 #56DDA8

tetradic

#A856DD #DD6456 #8BDD56 #56CFDD

square

#A856DD #DD6456 #8BDD56 #56CFDD

split-complementary

#A856DD #CFDD56 #56DD64

monochromatic

#691F9A #8C29CD #A856DD #C289E7 #DCBCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#A856DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#A856DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856DD

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856DD	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1979E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#457DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A17092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.204 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58ae8',
    500: '#a856dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856dd;
$custom-light: #c58ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.444,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61101,
    "c": 0.20404,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856DD

secondary

#C2E1AE

accent

#CE175F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856DD

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

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