#A56CD8#A56CD8

#A56CD8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.164 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56CD8
RGB	rgb(165, 108, 216)
HSL	hsl(272, 58%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 50%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, 43.04, -47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 63.74, 312.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% 0.0982 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.164 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2718, 23.6826, 67.7708)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56CD8 #9FD86C

analogous

#6F6CD8 #A56CD8 #D86CD5

triadic

#A56CD8 #D8A56C #6CD8A5

tetradic

#A56CD8 #D86F6C #9FD86C #6CD5D8

square

#A56CD8 #D86F6C #9FD86C #6CD5D8

split-complementary

#A56CD8 #D5D86C #6CD86F

monochromatic

#682A9F #873CCB #A56CD8 #C39CE5 #E0CDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#A56CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#A56CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56CD8

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56CD8	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D84DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E86D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 108, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.164 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c298e4',
    500: '#a56cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56cd8;
$custom-light: #c298e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63654,
    "c": 0.16433,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56CD8

secondary

#CFE3BD

accent

#C6206E

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56CD8

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

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