#A556EF#A556EF

#A556EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.222 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A556EF
RGB	rgb(165, 86, 239)
HSL	hsl(271, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(271, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 64%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, 59.73, -64.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 88.03, 312.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% 0.1255 -0.1834)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.222 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4213, 20.8870, 83.8628)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A556EF #A0EF56

analogous

#5856EF #A556EF #EF56ED

triadic

#A556EF #EFA556 #56EFA5

tetradic

#A556EF #EF5856 #A0EF56 #56EDEF

square

#A556EF #EF5856 #A0EF56 #56EDEF

split-complementary

#A556EF #EDEF56 #56EF58

monochromatic

#6812B9 #871EEA #A556EF #C38EF4 #E1C6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#A556EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#A556EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A556EF

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A556EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A556EF	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#287EEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97779B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a556ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 86, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.222 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48af5',
    500: '#a556ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a556ef;
$custom-light: #c48af5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a556ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.98,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61932,
    "c": 0.22221,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A556EF

secondary

#D0EBB5

accent

#DF066F

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A556EF

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

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