#A656C2#A656C2

#A656C2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.175 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656C2
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 194)
HSL	hsl(284, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(284, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 55.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 50.08, -43.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 66.11, 319.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.1271 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.175 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7898, 18.6586, 53.1134)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656C2 #72C256

analogous

#7056C2 #A656C2 #C256A8

triadic

#A656C2 #C2A656 #56C2A6

tetradic

#A656C2 #C27056 #72C256 #56A8C2

square

#A656C2 #C27056 #72C256 #56A8C2

split-complementary

#A656C2 #A8C256 #56C270

monochromatic

#612A74 #863AA1 #A656C2 #BE83D2 #D5B0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#A656C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#A656C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656C2

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656C2	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C73C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587ABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.175 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c389d5',
    500: '#a656c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656c2;
$custom-light: #c389d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.444,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59257,
    "c": 0.17508,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656C2

secondary

#AFD1A3

accent

#D75174

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#130C14

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656C2

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

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