#A56AE3#A56AE3

#A56AE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.180 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56AE3
RGB	rgb(165, 106, 227)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(269, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 53.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, 46.69, -52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 70.59, 311.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% 0.1017 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.18 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5332, 23.8536, 75.4431)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56AE3 #A8E36A

analogous

#6A6BE3 #A56AE3 #E16AE3

triadic

#A56AE3 #E3A56A #6AE3A5

tetradic

#A56AE3 #E36A6B #A8E36A #6AE3E1

square

#A56AE3 #E36A6B #A8E36A #6AE3E1

split-complementary

#A56AE3 #E3E16A #6BE36A

monochromatic

#6821B1 #8636D9 #A56AE3 #C49EED #E3D1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#A56AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#A56AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56AE3

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56AE3	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4084E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5386E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A819D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 106, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.180 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c396ec',
    500: '#a56ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56ae3;
$custom-light: #c396ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.256,
    "s": 68.362,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63974,
    "c": 0.18043,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56AE3

secondary

#D5E9C0

accent

#D01575

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56AE3

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

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