#A856E1#A856E1

#A856E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.208 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856E1
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 225)
HSL	hsl(275, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(275, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 61.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, 57.23, -57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 81.20, 314.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% 0.1301 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.208 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0641, 20.4172, 73.4187)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856E1 #8FE156

analogous

#6256E1 #A856E1 #E156D4

triadic

#A856E1 #E1A856 #56E1A8

tetradic

#A856E1 #E16256 #8FE156 #56D4E1

square

#A856E1 #E16256 #8FE156 #56D4E1

split-complementary

#A856E1 #D4E156 #56E162

monochromatic

#6A1CA0 #8D26D4 #A856E1 #C38AEA #DEBEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#A856E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#A856E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856E1

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856E1	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B79E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417EDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A07294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.208 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68aeb',
    500: '#a856e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856e1;
$custom-light: #c68aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.396,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61353,
    "c": 0.20823,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856E1

secondary

#C5E4AF

accent

#D21462

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856E1

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

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