#A556BB#A556BB

#A556BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.167 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A556BB
RGB	rgb(165, 86, 187)
HSL	hsl(287, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(287, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 54%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.79, 48.37, -39.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.79, 62.70, 320.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% 0.1254 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.167 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8133, 18.2438, 49.0604)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A556BB #6CBB56

analogous

#7256BB #A556BB #BB569E

triadic

#A556BB #BBA556 #56BBA5

tetradic

#A556BB #BB7256 #6CBB56 #569EBB

square

#A556BB #BB7256 #6CBB56 #569EBB

split-complementary

#A556BB #9EBB56 #56BB72

monochromatic

#5D2B6B #833D97 #A556BB #BC82CD #D3ADDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#A556BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#A556BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A556BB

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A556BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A556BB	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4171BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B79B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a556bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 86, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.167 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c289d0',
    500: '#a556bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a556bb;
$custom-light: #c289d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a556bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.931,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58747,
    "c": 0.16739,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A556BB

secondary

#AACCA1

accent

#D25571

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A556BB

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

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