#A56DC2#A56DC2

#A56DC2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.137 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56DC2
RGB	rgb(165, 109, 194)
HSL	hsl(280, 41%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(280, 44%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 43.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, 37.54, -35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 51.94, 316.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% 0.0938 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.137 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7217, 22.8323, 53.8172)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56DC2 #8AC26D

analogous

#7B6DC2 #A56DC2 #C26DB5

triadic

#A56DC2 #C2A56D #6DC2A5

tetradic

#A56DC2 #C27B6D #8AC26D #6DB5C2

square

#A56DC2 #C27B6D #8AC26D #6DB5C2

split-complementary

#A56DC2 #B5C26D #6DC27B

monochromatic

#66357F #8947AB #A56DC2 #C098D4 #DAC3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#A56DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#A56DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56DC2

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56DC2	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C80C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B85C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3798E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 109, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.137 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c198d5',
    500: '#a56dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56dc2;
$custom-light: #c198d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.529,
    "s": 41.063,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62651,
    "c": 0.13671,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56DC2

secondary

#C0D6B5

accent

#D15781

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FA

border

#D1CCD3

text

#120E14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56DC2

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

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