#A56BDD#A56BDD

#A56BDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.172 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56BDD
RGB	rgb(165, 107, 221)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(271, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 51.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, 44.74, -49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 66.92, 311.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% 0.1 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.172 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8231, 23.7354, 71.1921)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56BDD #A3DD6B

analogous

#6C6BDD #A56BDD #DD6BDC

triadic

#A56BDD #DDA56B #6BDDA5

tetradic

#A56BDD #DD6C6B #A3DD6B #6BDCDD

square

#A56BDD #DD6C6B #A3DD6B #6BDCDD

split-complementary

#A56BDD #DCDD6B #6BDD6C

monochromatic

#6826A7 #8739D2 #A56BDD #C39DE8 #E2CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#A56BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#A56BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56BDD

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56BDD	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4884E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5986DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C809A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 107, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.172 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c297e8',
    500: '#a56bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56bdd;
$custom-light: #c297e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.526,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6378,
    "c": 0.17182,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56BDD

secondary

#D2E6BE

accent

#CA1B71

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56BDD

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

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