#A856E7#A856E7

#A856E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.215 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856E7
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(274, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 58.56, -60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 84.13, 314.12°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% 0.1298 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.215 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8970, 20.7503, 77.8053)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856E7 #95E756

analogous

#6056E7 #A856E7 #E756DE

triadic

#A856E7 #E7A856 #56E7A8

tetradic

#A856E7 #E76056 #95E756 #56DEE7

square

#A856E7 #E76056 #95E756 #56DEE7

split-complementary

#A856E7 #DEE756 #56E760

monochromatic

#6B18AA #8C20DF #A856E7 #C48CEF #DFC1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#A856E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#A856E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856E7

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856E7	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.215 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68aef',
    500: '#a856e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856e7;
$custom-light: #c68aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.931,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61739,
    "c": 0.21452,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856E7

secondary

#C9E7B2

accent

#D70E66

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856E7

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

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