#A656B4#A656B4

#A656B4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.161 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656B4
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 180)
HSL	hsl(291, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(291, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 52.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.57, 47.24, -36.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.57, 59.50, 322.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% 0.1258 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.161 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2910, 18.0590, 45.2194)
Luminance	0.1806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656B4 #64B456

analogous

#7756B4 #A656B4 #B45693

triadic

#A656B4 #B4A656 #56B4A6

tetradic

#A656B4 #B47756 #64B456 #5693B4

square

#A656B4 #B47756 #64B456 #5693B4

split-complementary

#A656B4 #93B456 #56B477

monochromatic

#5B2C63 #823F8E #A656B4 #BC80C7 #D3ABDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#A656B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#A656B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656B4

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656B4	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4770B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6079B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8637D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.161 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c289cb',
    500: '#a656b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656b4;
$custom-light: #c289cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.064,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58495,
    "c": 0.16077,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656B4

secondary

#A4C79E

accent

#CE596B

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#130C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656B4

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

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