#A856EA#A856EA

#A856EA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.218 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856EA
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 234)
HSL	hsl(273, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 63.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, 59.24, -61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 85.59, 313.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% 0.1297 -0.1748)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.218 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3244, 20.9213, 80.0559)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856EA #98EA56

analogous

#5E56EA #A856EA #EA56E2

triadic

#A856EA #EAA856 #56EAA8

tetradic

#A856EA #EA5E56 #98EA56 #56E2EA

square

#A856EA #EA5E56 #98EA56 #56E2EA

split-complementary

#A856EA #E2EA56 #56EA5E

monochromatic

#6B16B0 #8C20E3 #A856EA #C48CF1 #E0C3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#A856EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#A856EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856EA

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856EA	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#367FE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.218 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68af1',
    500: '#a856ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856ea;
$custom-light: #c68af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.243,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61935,
    "c": 0.21767,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856EA

secondary

#CBE9B3

accent

#DA0B68

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856EA

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

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