#A56DDD#A56DDD

#A56DDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.169 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56DDD
RGB	rgb(165, 109, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(270, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 50.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, 43.65, -49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 65.69, 311.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% 0.0973 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.169 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0341, 24.1573, 71.2624)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56DDD #A5DD6D

analogous

#6D6DDD #A56DDD #DD6DDD

triadic

#A56DDD #DDA56D #6DDDA5

tetradic

#A56DDD #DD6D6D #A5DD6D #6DDDDD

square

#A56DDD #DD6D6D #A5DD6D #6DDDDD

split-complementary

#A56DDD #DDDD6D #6DDD6D

monochromatic

#6827A8 #863BD1 #A56DDD #C49FE9 #E2D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#A56DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#A56DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56DDD

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56DDD	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B85E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B87DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C819B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 109, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.169 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c298e8',
    500: '#a56ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56ddd;
$custom-light: #c298e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64093,
    "c": 0.16869,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56DDD

secondary

#D3E6C0

accent

#CA1C73

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56DDD

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

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