#A556FD#A556FD

#A556FD is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.237 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A556FD
RGB	rgb(165, 86, 253)
HSL	hsl(268, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 66%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 62.99, -70.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 94.88, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.1241 -0.2019)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.237 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5702, 21.7466, 95.1803)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A556FD #AEFD56

analogous

#565BFD #A556FD #F856FD

triadic

#A556FD #FDA556 #56FDA5

tetradic

#A556FD #FD565B #AEFD56 #56FDF8

square

#A556FD #FD565B #AEFD56 #56FDF8

split-complementary

#A556FD #FDF856 #5BFD56

monochromatic

#6703D6 #851AFC #A556FD #C592FE #E5CFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#A556FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#A556FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A556FD

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A556FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A556FD	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0080F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a556fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 86, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.237 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58bff',
    500: '#a556fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a556fd;
$custom-light: #c58bff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a556fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.383,
    "s": 97.661,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62896,
    "c": 0.237,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A556FD

secondary

#D9F2BC

accent

#E60079

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FF

border

#D2CBD7

text

#140C18

muted

#827D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #A556FD

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

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