#A856F4#A856F4

#A856F4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.228 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856F4
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 244)
HSL	hsl(271, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(271, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 64.8%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, 61.51, -66.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 90.47, 312.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.1289 -0.1882)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.228 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8017, 21.5122, 87.8366)
Luminance	0.2151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856F4 #A2F456

analogous

#5956F4 #A856F4 #F456F1

triadic

#A856F4 #F4A856 #56F4A8

tetradic

#A856F4 #F45956 #A2F456 #56F1F4

square

#A856F4 #F45956 #A2F456 #56F1F4

split-complementary

#A856F4 #F1F456 #56F459

monochromatic

#6B0DC3 #8A1DF0 #A856F4 #C68FF8 #E3C9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#A856F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#A856F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856F4

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856F4	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2480F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A789E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.228 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78af9',
    500: '#a856f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856f4;
$custom-light: #c78af9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.139,
    "s": 87.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62602,
    "c": 0.22815,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856F4

secondary

#D2EEB8

accent

#E4016E

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FF

border

#D2CBD7

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856F4

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

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