#A56FD6#A56FD6

#A56FD6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.157 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56FD6
RGB	rgb(165, 111, 214)
HSL	hsl(271, 56%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(271, 48%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 48.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, 40.93, -45.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 60.85, 312.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% 0.0939 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.157 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3366, 24.2236, 66.5247)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56FD6 #A0D66F

analogous

#716FD6 #A56FD6 #D66FD4

triadic

#A56FD6 #D6A56F #6FD6A5

tetradic

#A56FD6 #D6716F #A0D66F #6FD4D6

square

#A56FD6 #D6716F #A0D66F #6FD4D6

split-complementary

#A56FD6 #D4D66F #6FD671

monochromatic

#682D9E #873FC8 #A56FD6 #C39FE4 #E1CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#A56FD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#A56FD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56FD6

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56FD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56FD6	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5385DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6287D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56fd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 111, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.157 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c299e3',
    500: '#a56fd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56fd6;
$custom-light: #c299e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56fd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.456,
    "s": 55.676,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64024,
    "c": 0.15713,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56FD6

secondary

#D0E3BE

accent

#C3226F

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56FD6

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

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