#A856EB#A856EB

#A856EB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.219 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856EB
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 235)
HSL	hsl(273, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 63.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 59.46, -62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 86.08, 313.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.1296 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.219 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4684, 20.9789, 80.8147)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856EB #99EB56

analogous

#5D56EB #A856EB #EB56E4

triadic

#A856EB #EBA856 #56EBA8

tetradic

#A856EB #EB5D56 #99EB56 #56E4EB

square

#A856EB #EB5D56 #99EB56 #56E4EB

split-complementary

#A856EB #E4EB56 #56EB5D

monochromatic

#6B15B2 #8C1FE5 #A856EB #C48DF1 #E0C3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#A856EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#A856EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856EB

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856EB	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347FE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.219 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68af2',
    500: '#a856eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856eb;
$custom-light: #c68af2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.02,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62001,
    "c": 0.21872,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856EB

secondary

#CCE9B4

accent

#DB0A68

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856EB

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

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