#A856E6#A856E6

#A856E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.213 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856E6
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, 58.34, -59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 83.64, 314.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% 0.1299 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.213 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7562, 20.6940, 77.0636)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856E6 #94E656

analogous

#6056E6 #A856E6 #E656DC

triadic

#A856E6 #E6A856 #56E6A8

tetradic

#A856E6 #E66056 #94E656 #56DCE6

square

#A856E6 #E66056 #94E656 #56DCE6

split-complementary

#A856E6 #DCE656 #56E660

monochromatic

#6B19A9 #8D21DE #A856E6 #C38BEE #DFC1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#A856E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#A856E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856E6

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856E6	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.213 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68aef',
    500: '#a856e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856e6;
$custom-light: #c68aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.167,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61674,
    "c": 0.21347,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856E6

secondary

#C8E6B1

accent

#D60F65

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856E6

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

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