#A556CE#A556CE

#A556CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.187 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A556CE
RGB	rgb(165, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(280, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(280, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.82, 52.36, -49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.82, 71.86, 316.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% 0.1265 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.187 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9835, 19.1119, 60.4900)
Luminance	0.1911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A556CE #7FCE56

analogous

#6956CE #A556CE #CE56BB

triadic

#A556CE #CEA556 #56CEA5

tetradic

#A556CE #CE6956 #7FCE56 #56BBCE

square

#A556CE #CE6956 #7FCE56 #56BBCE

split-complementary

#A556CE #BBCE56 #56CE69

monochromatic

#642683 #8834B3 #A556CE #BE85DC #D8B5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#A556CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#A556CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A556CE

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A556CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A556CE	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F75D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a556ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.187 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c389dd',
    500: '#a556ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a556ce;
$custom-light: #c389dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a556ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59832,
    "c": 0.18722,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A556CE

secondary

#B8D8A8

accent

#DE497C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A556CE

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

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