#A856FF#A856FF

#A856FF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.240 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A856FF
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 255)
HSL	hsl(269, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(269, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 66.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, 64.04, -71.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 95.82, 311.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.1278 -0.2027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.24 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5220, 22.2003, 96.8967)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A856FF #ADFF56

analogous

#5659FF #A856FF #FC56FF

triadic

#A856FF #FFA856 #56FFA8

tetradic

#A856FF #FF5659 #ADFF56 #56FFFC

square

#A856FF #FF5659 #ADFF56 #56FFFC

split-complementary

#A856FF #FFFC56 #59FF56

monochromatic

#6A00DB #8819FF #A856FF #C893FF #E7D0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#A856FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#A856FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A856FF

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A856FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A856FF	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0081FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a856ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.240 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88bff',
    500: '#a856ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a856ff;
$custom-light: #c88bff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a856ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.112,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63361,
    "c": 0.23963,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A856FF

secondary

#D9F3BD

accent

#E60076

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FF

border

#D2CBD7

text

#140C18

muted

#827D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #A856FF

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

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