#A656A5#A656A5

#A656A5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.146 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656A5
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 165)
HSL	hsl(301, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(301, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 0.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.86, 44.36, -28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.86, 52.72, 327.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.1236 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.146 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8448, 17.4806, 37.6028)
Luminance	0.1748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656A5 #56A657

analogous

#7F56A6 #A656A5 #A6567D

triadic

#A656A5 #A5A656 #56A5A6

tetradic

#A656A5 #A67F56 #56A657 #567DA6

square

#A656A5 #A67F56 #56A657 #567DA6

split-complementary

#A656A5 #7DA656 #56A67F

monochromatic

#552C55 #7E417D #A656A5 #BC7DBB #D1A6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#A656A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#A656A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A656A5

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A656A5	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F6DA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6778A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.146 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c289c0',
    500: '#a656a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656a5;
$custom-light: #c289c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.75,
    "s": 31.746,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57741,
    "c": 0.14613,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656A5

secondary

#99BE9A

accent

#C86160

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F7

border

#D1CBD0

text

#130C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656A5

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

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