#A856DE#A856DE

#A856DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.205 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856DE
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 222)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 61.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, 56.57, -56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 79.74, 315.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% 0.1302 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.205 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6585, 20.2549, 71.2822)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856DE #8CDE56

analogous

#6456DE #A856DE #DE56D0

triadic

#A856DE #DEA856 #56DEA8

tetradic

#A856DE #DE6456 #8CDE56 #56D0DE

square

#A856DE #DE6456 #8CDE56 #56D0DE

split-complementary

#A856DE #D0DE56 #56DE64

monochromatic

#6A1E9B #8D28CE #A856DE #C289E8 #DDBCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#A856DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#A856DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856DE

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856DE	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1679E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A07192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.205 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58ae9',
    500: '#a856de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856de;
$custom-light: #c58ae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.176,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61164,
    "c": 0.20509,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856DE

secondary

#C3E2AE

accent

#CF1660

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856DE

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

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