#A556CB#A556CB

#A556CB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.184 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A556CB
RGB	rgb(165, 86, 203)
HSL	hsl(281, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 57.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 51.72, -47.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 70.40, 317.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% 0.1264 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.184 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6225, 18.9675, 58.5890)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A556CB #7CCB56

analogous

#6B56CB #A556CB #CB56B7

triadic

#A556CB #CBA556 #56CBA5

tetradic

#A556CB #CB6B56 #7CCB56 #56B7CB

square

#A556CB #CB6B56 #7CCB56 #56B7CB

split-complementary

#A556CB #B7CB56 #56CB6B

monochromatic

#63277F #8736AE #A556CB #BE85D9 #D7B4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#A556CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#A556CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A556CB

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A556CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A556CB	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3374CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a556cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 86, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.184 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c289db',
    500: '#a556cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a556cb;
$custom-light: #c289db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a556cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.513,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59655,
    "c": 0.18407,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A556CB

secondary

#B6D6A6

accent

#DC4B7B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A556CB

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

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