#A856EE#A856EE

#A856EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.222 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856EE
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 238)
HSL	hsl(272, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 63.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, 60.14, -63.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 87.54, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% 0.1294 -0.1802)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.222 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9055, 21.1537, 83.1165)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856EE #9CEE56

analogous

#5C56EE #A856EE #EE56E8

triadic

#A856EE #EEA856 #56EEA8

tetradic

#A856EE #EE5C56 #9CEE56 #56E8EE

square

#A856EE #EE5C56 #9CEE56 #56E8EE

split-complementary

#A856EE #E8EE56 #56EE5C

monochromatic

#6B12B7 #8B1EE8 #A856EE #C58EF4 #E1C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#A856EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#A856EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856EE

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856EE	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#307FEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C769B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.222 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68af4',
    500: '#a856ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856ee;
$custom-light: #c68af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.368,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62199,
    "c": 0.22187,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856EE

secondary

#CEEBB5

accent

#DE076A

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856EE

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

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