#A56CD1#A56CD1

#A56CD1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.156 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56CD1
RGB	rgb(165, 108, 209)
HSL	hsl(274, 52%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 48%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 48.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, 41.43, -43.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 60.17, 313.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.0974 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.156 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3860, 23.3283, 63.1060)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56CD1 #98D16C

analogous

#726CD1 #A56CD1 #D16CCB

triadic

#A56CD1 #D1A56C #6CD1A5

tetradic

#A56CD1 #D1726C #98D16C #6CCBD1

square

#A56CD1 #D1726C #98D16C #6CCBD1

split-complementary

#A56CD1 #CBD16C #6CD172

monochromatic

#682E94 #883DC2 #A56CD1 #C29BE0 #DEC9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#A56CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#A56CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56CD1

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56CD1	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5282D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6285CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 108, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.156 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c297df',
    500: '#a56cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56cd1;
$custom-light: #c297df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.861,
    "s": 52.332,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6327,
    "c": 0.15604,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56CD1

secondary

#CADFBA

accent

#C02669

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56CD1

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

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