#A656B5#A656B5

#A656B5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.162 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656B5
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 181)
HSL	hsl(291, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(291, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 52.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.62, 47.44, -36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.62, 59.96, 322.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1259 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.162 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3932, 18.0999, 45.7578)
Luminance	0.1810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656B5 #65B556

analogous

#7656B5 #A656B5 #B55695

triadic

#A656B5 #B5A656 #56B5A6

tetradic

#A656B5 #B57656 #65B556 #5695B5

square

#A656B5 #B57656 #65B556 #5695B5

split-complementary

#A656B5 #95B556 #56B576

monochromatic

#5C2C65 #823F8F #A656B5 #BC81C8 #D3ABDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#A656B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#A656B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656B5

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656B5	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4670B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F79B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8637D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.162 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c289cb',
    500: '#a656b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656b5;
$custom-light: #c289cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.526,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58548,
    "c": 0.16178,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656B5

secondary

#A5C89F

accent

#CF596B

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#130C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656B5

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

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