#A56CC3#A56CC3

#A56CC3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.140 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56CC3
RGB	rgb(165, 108, 195)
HSL	hsl(279, 42%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 45%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 44.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.73, 38.31, -36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.73, 53.08, 316.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.0954 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.14 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7283, 22.6652, 54.3753)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56CC3 #8AC36C

analogous

#7A6CC3 #A56CC3 #C36CB6

triadic

#A56CC3 #C3A56C #6CC3A5

tetradic

#A56CC3 #C37A6C #8AC36C #6CB6C3

square

#A56CC3 #C37A6C #8AC36C #6CB6C3

split-complementary

#A56CC3 #B6C36C #6CC37A

monochromatic

#663480 #8946AC #A56CC3 #C097D5 #DAC3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#A56CC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#A56CC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56CC3

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56CC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56CC3	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A80C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A84C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2798E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56cc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 108, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.140 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c197d5',
    500: '#a56cc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56cc3;
$custom-light: #c197d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56cc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.31,
    "s": 42.029,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62537,
    "c": 0.1396,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56CC3

secondary

#C0D6B4

accent

#D25681

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FA

border

#D1CCD3

text

#120E14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56CC3

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

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