#A56EC5#A56EC5

#A56EC5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.139 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56EC5
RGB	rgb(165, 110, 197)
HSL	hsl(278, 43%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 44%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 44.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, 37.64, -37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 52.81, 315.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.0929 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.139 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1693, 23.1830, 55.6453)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56EC5 #8EC56E

analogous

#796EC5 #A56EC5 #C56EB9

triadic

#A56EC5 #C5A56E #6EC5A5

tetradic

#A56EC5 #C5796E #8EC56E #6EB9C5

square

#A56EC5 #C5796E #8EC56E #6EB9C5

split-complementary

#A56EC5 #B9C56E #6EC579

monochromatic

#673584 #8946B0 #A56EC5 #C09AD6 #DBC5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#A56EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#A56EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56EC5

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56EC5	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C81C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A86C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 110, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.139 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c199d7',
    500: '#a56ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56ec5;
$custom-light: #c199d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.931,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62968,
    "c": 0.13852,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56EC5

secondary

#C3D8B7

accent

#B63061

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FA

border

#D1CCD3

text

#120E14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56EC5

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

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