#A556DD#A556DD

#A556DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.203 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A556DD
RGB	rgb(165, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(275, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, 55.65, -56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 79.20, 314.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% 0.1264 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.203 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8934, 19.8759, 70.5489)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A556DD #8EDD56

analogous

#6156DD #A556DD #DD56D1

triadic

#A556DD #DDA556 #56DDA5

tetradic

#A556DD #DD6156 #8EDD56 #56D1DD

square

#A556DD #DD6156 #8EDD56 #56D1DD

split-complementary

#A556DD #D1DD56 #56DD61

monochromatic

#671F9A #8929CD #A556DD #C089E7 #DBBCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#A556DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#A556DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A556DD

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A556DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A556DD	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1478E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a556dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.203 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38ae8',
    500: '#a556dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a556dd;
$custom-light: #c38ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a556dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.111,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60754,
    "c": 0.20312,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A556DD

secondary

#C3E1AE

accent

#CE1763

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A556DD

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

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