#A56AE5#A56AE5

#A56AE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.183 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56AE5
RGB	rgb(165, 106, 229)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(269, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 53.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, 47.16, -53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 71.61, 311.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% 0.1018 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.183 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8108, 23.9646, 76.9053)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56AE5 #AAE56A

analogous

#6A6CE5 #A56AE5 #E26AE5

triadic

#A56AE5 #E5A56A #6AE5A5

tetradic

#A56AE5 #E56A6C #AAE56A #6AE5E2

square

#A56AE5 #E56A6C #AAE56A #6AE5E2

split-complementary

#A56AE5 #E5E26A #6CE56A

monochromatic

#6720B5 #8636DC #A56AE5 #C49EEE #E4D2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#A56AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#A56AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56AE5

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56AE5	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E85E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5286E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A819E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 106, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.183 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c396ee',
    500: '#a56ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56ae5;
$custom-light: #c396ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.78,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64092,
    "c": 0.18277,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56AE5

secondary

#D6EAC1

accent

#D21377

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56AE5

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

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