#A656D1#A656D1

#A656D1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.191 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656D1
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 209)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(279, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 58.9%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.11, 53.26, -50.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.11, 73.36, 316.55°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% 0.1278 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.191 312)
XYZ	xyz(30.5602, 19.3668, 62.4375)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656D1 #81D156

analogous

#6856D1 #A656D1 #D156BF

triadic

#A656D1 #D1A656 #56D1A6

tetradic

#A656D1 #D16856 #81D156 #56BFD1

square

#A656D1 #D16856 #81D156 #56BFD1

split-complementary

#A656D1 #BFD156 #56D168

monochromatic

#652588 #8932B8 #A656D1 #BF86DE #D9B6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#A656D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#A656D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656D1

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656D1	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C76D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D7BCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.191 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c389e0',
    500: '#a656d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656d1;
$custom-light: #c389e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.024,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6013,
    "c": 0.19076,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.19366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656D1

secondary

#BADAA9

accent

#E0477D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656D1

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

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