#A556E8#A556E8

#A556E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.215 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A556E8
RGB	rgb(165, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(272, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 58.13, -61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 84.60, 313.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% 0.126 -0.174)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.215 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4072, 20.4814, 78.5217)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A556E8 #99E856

analogous

#5C56E8 #A556E8 #E856E2

triadic

#A556E8 #E8A556 #56E8A5

tetradic

#A556E8 #E85C56 #99E856 #56E2E8

square

#A556E8 #E85C56 #99E856 #56E2E8

split-complementary

#A556E8 #E2E856 #56E85C

monochromatic

#6817AC #8820E1 #A556E8 #C28CEF #DEC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#A556E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#A556E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A556E8

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A556E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A556E8	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a556e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.215 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48af0',
    500: '#a556e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a556e8;
$custom-light: #c48af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a556e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.466,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61465,
    "c": 0.2148,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A556E8

secondary

#CBE8B2

accent

#D80D6A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A556E8

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

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