#A856E5#A856E5

#A856E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.212 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856E5
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.55, 58.12, -59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.55, 83.15, 314.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% 0.1299 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.212 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6162, 20.6380, 76.3262)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856E5 #93E556

analogous

#6156E5 #A856E5 #E556DA

triadic

#A856E5 #E5A856 #56E5A8

tetradic

#A856E5 #E56156 #93E556 #56DAE5

square

#A856E5 #E56156 #93E556 #56DAE5

split-complementary

#A856E5 #DAE556 #56E561

monochromatic

#6B1AA7 #8D22DC #A856E5 #C38BED #DFC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#A856E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#A856E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856E5

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856E5	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.212 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68aee',
    500: '#a856e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856e5;
$custom-light: #c68aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.406,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6161,
    "c": 0.21243,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856E5

secondary

#C8E6B1

accent

#D51064

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856E5

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

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