#A556CC#A556CC

#A556CC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.185 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A556CC
RGB	rgb(165, 86, 204)
HSL	hsl(280, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(280, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 57.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 51.93, -48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 70.88, 317.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% 0.1264 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.185 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7420, 19.0153, 59.2186)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A556CC #7DCC56

analogous

#6A56CC #A556CC #CC56B8

triadic

#A556CC #CCA556 #56CCA5

tetradic

#A556CC #CC6A56 #7DCC56 #56B8CC

square

#A556CC #CC6A56 #7DCC56 #56B8CC

split-complementary

#A556CC #B8CC56 #56CC6A

monochromatic

#632781 #8735B0 #A556CC #BE85DA #D7B4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#A556CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#A556CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A556CC

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A556CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A556CC	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3274D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507BC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a556cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 86, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.185 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c389dc',
    500: '#a556cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a556cc;
$custom-light: #c389dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a556cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.169,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59713,
    "c": 0.18512,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A556CC

secondary

#B7D7A7

accent

#DD4B7B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A556CC

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

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