#A56BD5#A56BD5

#A56BD5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.162 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56BD5
RGB	rgb(165, 107, 213)
HSL	hsl(273, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 49.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, 42.89, -45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 62.83, 313.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.0992 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.162 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7826, 23.3192, 65.7119)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56BD5 #9BD56B

analogous

#706BD5 #A56BD5 #D56BD0

triadic

#A56BD5 #D5A56B #6BD5A5

tetradic

#A56BD5 #D5706B #9BD56B #6BD0D5

square

#A56BD5 #D5706B #9BD56B #6BD0D5

split-complementary

#A56BD5 #D0D56B #6BD570

monochromatic

#682C9A #883BC7 #A56BD5 #C29BE3 #DFCAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#A56BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#A56BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56BD5

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56BD5	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E82D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E85D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 107, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.162 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c297e2',
    500: '#a56bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56bd5;
$custom-light: #c297e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.83,
    "s": 55.789,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63329,
    "c": 0.16239,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56BD5

secondary

#CCE1BB

accent

#C3226B

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130D15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56BD5

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

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