#A656C5#A656C5

#A656C5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.178 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656C5
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 197)
HSL	hsl(283, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(283, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 56.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, 50.70, -44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 67.55, 318.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% 0.1273 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.178 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1302, 18.7947, 54.9058)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656C5 #75C556

analogous

#6E56C5 #A656C5 #C556AD

triadic

#A656C5 #C5A656 #56C5A6

tetradic

#A656C5 #C56E56 #75C556 #56ADC5

square

#A656C5 #C56E56 #75C556 #56ADC5

split-complementary

#A656C5 #ADC556 #56C56E

monochromatic

#622978 #8739A5 #A656C5 #BE84D5 #D6B1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#A656C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#A656C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656C5

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656C5	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A73C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567AC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.178 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c389d7',
    500: '#a656c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656c5;
$custom-light: #c389d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.243,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59427,
    "c": 0.17819,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656C5

secondary

#B1D3A4

accent

#D84F76

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#130C14

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656C5

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

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