#A856E8#A856E8

#A856E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.216 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856E8
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(274, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, 58.79, -60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 84.62, 314.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.1298 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.216 307)
XYZ	xyz(34.0387, 20.8070, 78.5513)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856E8 #96E856

analogous

#5F56E8 #A856E8 #E856DF

triadic

#A856E8 #E8A856 #56E8A8

tetradic

#A856E8 #E85F56 #96E856 #56DFE8

square

#A856E8 #E85F56 #96E856 #56DFE8

split-complementary

#A856E8 #DFE856 #56E85F

monochromatic

#6B17AC #8C20E1 #A856E8 #C48CEF #DFC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#A856E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#A856E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856E8

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856E8	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.216 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68af0',
    500: '#a856e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856e8;
$custom-light: #c68af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.699,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61804,
    "c": 0.21558,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.20807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856E8

secondary

#CAE8B2

accent

#D80D66

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856E8

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

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