#A556EE#A556EE

#A556EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.221 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A556EE
RGB	rgb(165, 86, 238)
HSL	hsl(271, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(271, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 63.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, 59.50, -64.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 87.54, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% 0.1256 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.221 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2740, 20.8281, 83.0869)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A556EE #9FEE56

analogous

#5956EE #A556EE #EE56EB

triadic

#A556EE #EEA556 #56EEA5

tetradic

#A556EE #EE5956 #9FEE56 #56EBEE

square

#A556EE #EE5956 #9FEE56 #56EBEE

split-complementary

#A556EE #EBEE56 #56EE59

monochromatic

#6812B7 #871EE8 #A556EE #C38EF4 #E0C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#A556EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#A556EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A556EE

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A556EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A556EE	1.00	4.07	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A7EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98779B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a556ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 86, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.221 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48af4',
    500: '#a556ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a556ee;
$custom-light: #c48af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a556ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.184,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61864,
    "c": 0.22115,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A556EE

secondary

#CFEBB5

accent

#DE076F

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A556EE

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

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