#A656C9#A656C9

#A656C9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.182 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656C9
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 201)
HSL	hsl(282, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(282, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 57.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, 51.55, -46.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 69.47, 317.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% 0.1275 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.182 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5946, 18.9805, 57.3517)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656C9 #79C956

analogous

#6D56C9 #A656C9 #C956B3

triadic

#A656C9 #C9A656 #56C9A6

tetradic

#A656C9 #C96D56 #79C956 #56B3C9

square

#A656C9 #C96D56 #79C956 #56B3C9

split-complementary

#A656C9 #B3C956 #56C96D

monochromatic

#63287D #8837AB #A656C9 #BE84D8 #D7B3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#A656C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#A656C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656C9

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656C9	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3674CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.182 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c389da',
    500: '#a656c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656c9;
$custom-light: #c389da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59657,
    "c": 0.18236,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656C9

secondary

#B4D5A6

accent

#DB4D78

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656C9

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

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