#A856E2#A856E2

#A856E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.209 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856E2
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(275, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(275, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, 57.45, -58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 81.69, 314.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% 0.1301 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.209 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2009, 20.4719, 74.1392)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856E2 #90E256

analogous

#6256E2 #A856E2 #E256D6

triadic

#A856E2 #E2A856 #56E2A8

tetradic

#A856E2 #E26256 #90E256 #56D6E2

square

#A856E2 #E26256 #90E256 #56D6E2

split-complementary

#A856E2 #D6E256 #56E262

monochromatic

#6A1CA2 #8D25D6 #A856E2 #C38AEB #DEBEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#A856E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#A856E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856E2

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856E2	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#067AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.209 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68aec',
    500: '#a856e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856e2;
$custom-light: #c68aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.143,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61417,
    "c": 0.20929,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856E2

secondary

#C5E4B0

accent

#D31362

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856E2

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

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