#A856ED#A856ED

#A856ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.221 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856ED
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 237)
HSL	hsl(273, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 63.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, 59.91, -63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 87.06, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.1295 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.221 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7590, 21.0951, 82.3450)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856ED #9BED56

analogous

#5C56ED #A856ED #ED56E6

triadic

#A856ED #EDA856 #56EDA8

tetradic

#A856ED #ED5C56 #9BED56 #56E6ED

square

#A856ED #ED5C56 #9BED56 #56E6ED

split-complementary

#A856ED #E6ED56 #56ED5C

monochromatic

#6B13B5 #8C1FE7 #A856ED #C48DF3 #E1C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#A856ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#A856ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856ED

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856ED	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#317FEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C769A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.221 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68af4',
    500: '#a856ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856ed;
$custom-light: #c68af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.583,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62133,
    "c": 0.22082,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856ED

secondary

#CDEAB4

accent

#DD086A

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856ED

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

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