#A656B6#A656B6

#A656B6 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.163 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656B6
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 182)
HSL	hsl(290, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(290, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 52.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.67, 47.64, -37.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.67, 60.43, 322.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% 0.126 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.163 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4962, 18.1411, 46.3001)
Luminance	0.1814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656B6 #66B656

analogous

#7656B6 #A656B6 #B65696

triadic

#A656B6 #B6A656 #56B6A6

tetradic

#A656B6 #B67656 #66B656 #5696B6

square

#A656B6 #B67656 #66B656 #5696B6

split-complementary

#A656B6 #96B656 #56B676

monochromatic

#5C2C66 #833E90 #A656B6 #BD81C8 #D3ABDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#A656B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#A656B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656B6

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656B6	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4570B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F79B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7637E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.163 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c389cc',
    500: '#a656b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656b6;
$custom-light: #c389cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58601,
    "c": 0.16279,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656B6

secondary

#A6C99F

accent

#D0586C

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656B6

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

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