#A856DF#A856DF

#A856DF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.206 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856DF
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 223)
HSL	hsl(276, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 61.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, 56.79, -56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 80.23, 315.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% 0.1302 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.206 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7929, 20.3087, 71.9902)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856DF #8DDF56

analogous

#6356DF #A856DF #DF56D2

triadic

#A856DF #DFA856 #56DFA8

tetradic

#A856DF #DF6356 #8DDF56 #56D2DF

square

#A856DF #DF6356 #8DDF56 #56D2DF

split-complementary

#A856DF #D2DF56 #56DF63

monochromatic

#6A1E9D #8D27D0 #A856DF #C289E9 #DDBDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#A856DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#A856DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856DF

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856DF	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1379E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A07193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.206 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68aea',
    500: '#a856df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856df;
$custom-light: #c68aea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.912,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61227,
    "c": 0.20613,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856DF

secondary

#C3E2AE

accent

#D01560

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856DF

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

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