#A556E1#A556E1

#A556E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.207 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A556E1
RGB	rgb(165, 86, 225)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 61.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, 56.55, -58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 81.16, 314.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% 0.1263 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.207 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4326, 20.0916, 73.3891)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A556E1 #92E156

analogous

#5F56E1 #A556E1 #E156D7

triadic

#A556E1 #E1A556 #56E1A5

tetradic

#A556E1 #E15F56 #92E156 #56D7E1

square

#A556E1 #E15F56 #92E156 #56D7E1

split-complementary

#A556E1 #D7E156 #56E15F

monochromatic

#671CA0 #8926D4 #A556E1 #C18AEA #DCBEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#A556E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#A556E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A556E1

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A556E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A556E1	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0379E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D7DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C7294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a556e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 86, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.207 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48aeb',
    500: '#a556e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a556e1;
$custom-light: #c48aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a556e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.101,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6101,
    "c": 0.20737,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A556E1

secondary

#C6E4AF

accent

#D21466

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A556E1

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

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