#A56CC5#A56CC5

#A56CC5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.142 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56CC5
RGB	rgb(165, 108, 197)
HSL	hsl(278, 43%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 45%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 45.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, 38.75, -37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 54.08, 315.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% 0.0957 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.142 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9559, 22.7563, 55.5742)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56CC5 #8CC56C

analogous

#796CC5 #A56CC5 #C56CB9

triadic

#A56CC5 #C5A56C #6CC5A5

tetradic

#A56CC5 #C5796C #8CC56C #6CB9C5

square

#A56CC5 #C5796C #8CC56C #6CB9C5

split-complementary

#A56CC5 #B9C56C #6CC579

monochromatic

#663483 #8945AF #A56CC5 #C098D6 #DBC4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#A56CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#A56CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56CC5

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56CC5	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5980C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6985C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2798F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 108, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.142 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c197d7',
    500: '#a56cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56cc5;
$custom-light: #c197d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.427,
    "s": 43.415,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62639,
    "c": 0.14193,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56CC5

secondary

#C2D8B5

accent

#D35582

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FA

border

#D1CCD3

text

#120E14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56CC5

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

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