#A56AEE#A56AEE

#A56AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.193 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56AEE
RGB	rgb(165, 106, 238)
HSL	hsl(267, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(267, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 55.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, 49.32, -58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 76.20, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.1021 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.193 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1001, 24.4804, 83.6957)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56AEE #B3EE6A

analogous

#6A71EE #A56AEE #E76AEE

triadic

#A56AEE #EEA56A #6AEEA5

tetradic

#A56AEE #EE6A71 #B3EE6A #6AEEE7

square

#A56AEE #EE6A71 #B3EE6A #6AEEE7

split-complementary

#A56AEE #EEE76A #71EE6A

monochromatic

#6517C7 #8433E8 #A56AEE #C6A1F4 #E7D8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#A56AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#A56AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56AEE

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56AEE	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3487F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4987EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9784A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 106, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.193 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c397f4',
    500: '#a56aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56aee;
$custom-light: #c397f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.818,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64636,
    "c": 0.19332,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56AEE

secondary

#DCEFC5

accent

#DC0A7E

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FE

border

#D1CCD6

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56AEE

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

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