#A656A1#A656A1

#A656A1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.142 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656A1
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 161)
HSL	hsl(304, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(304, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, 43.62, -26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 50.99, 328.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.1228 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.142 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4864, 17.3372, 35.7153)
Luminance	0.1734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656A1 #56A65B

analogous

#8356A6 #A656A1 #A65679

triadic

#A656A1 #A1A656 #56A1A6

tetradic

#A656A1 #A68356 #56A65B #5679A6

square

#A656A1 #A68356 #56A65B #5679A6

split-complementary

#A656A1 #79A656 #56A683

monochromatic

#552C53 #7E417A #A656A1 #BC7DB8 #D1A6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#A656A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#A656A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A656A1

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A656A1	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#516DA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68789F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB5D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.142 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c288bd',
    500: '#a656a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656a1;
$custom-light: #c288bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.75,
    "s": 31.746,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57551,
    "c": 0.14239,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656A1

secondary

#99BE9C

accent

#C86660

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F6

border

#D1CBD0

text

#130C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656A1

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

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