#A856EF#A856EF

#A856EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.223 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856EF
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 239)
HSL	hsl(272, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 64%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, 60.37, -64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 88.03, 313.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% 0.1293 -0.1816)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.223 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0528, 21.2127, 83.8924)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856EF #9DEF56

analogous

#5B56EF #A856EF #EF56E9

triadic

#A856EF #EFA856 #56EFA8

tetradic

#A856EF #EF5B56 #9DEF56 #56E9EF

square

#A856EF #EF5B56 #9DEF56 #56E9EF

split-complementary

#A856EF #E9EF56 #56EF5B

monochromatic

#6B12B9 #8B1EEA #A856EF #C58EF4 #E2C6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#A856EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#A856EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856EF

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856EF	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E7FEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C779B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.223 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68af5',
    500: '#a856ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856ef;
$custom-light: #c68af5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.157,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62266,
    "c": 0.22291,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856EF

secondary

#CEEBB5

accent

#DF066B

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856EF

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

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