#A556EC#A556EC

#A556EC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.219 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A556EC
RGB	rgb(165, 86, 236)
HSL	hsl(272, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 63.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.63, 59.05, -63.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.63, 86.56, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% 0.1257 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.219 305)
XYZ	xyz(33.9818, 20.7112, 81.5481)
Luminance	0.2071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A556EC #9DEC56

analogous

#5A56EC #A556EC #EC56E8

triadic

#A556EC #ECA556 #56ECA5

tetradic

#A556EC #EC5A56 #9DEC56 #56E8EC

square

#A556EC #EC5A56 #9DEC56 #56E8EC

split-complementary

#A556EC #E8EC56 #56EC5A

monochromatic

#6814B3 #881FE6 #A556EC #C28DF2 #E0C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#A556EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#A556EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A556EC

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A556EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A556EC	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E7EE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98769A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a556ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 86, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.219 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48af3',
    500: '#a556ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a556ec;
$custom-light: #c48af3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a556ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6173,
    "c": 0.21904,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.20711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A556EC

secondary

#CDEAB4

accent

#DC096D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A556EC

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

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