#A556DB#A556DB

#A556DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.201 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A556DB
RGB	rgb(165, 86, 219)
HSL	hsl(276, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 60.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, 55.21, -55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 78.22, 314.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% 0.1265 -0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.201 309)
XYZ	xyz(31.6285, 19.7699, 69.1539)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A556DB #8CDB56

analogous

#6356DB #A556DB #DB56CF

triadic

#A556DB #DBA556 #56DBA5

tetradic

#A556DB #DB6356 #8CDB56 #56CFDB

square

#A556DB #DB6356 #8CDB56 #56CFDB

split-complementary

#A556DB #CFDB56 #56DB63

monochromatic

#662097 #892BC9 #A556DB #C088E6 #DBBBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#A556DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#A556DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A556DB

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A556DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A556DB	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A78DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a556db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 86, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.201 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38ae7',
    500: '#a556db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a556db;
$custom-light: #c38ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a556db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.639,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60628,
    "c": 0.20099,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.19769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A556DB

secondary

#C2E0AD

accent

#E84084

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A556DB

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

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