#A656D2#A656D2

#A656D2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.192 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656D2
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 210)
HSL	hsl(279, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(279, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 59%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.17, 53.47, -50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.17, 73.84, 316.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% 0.1278 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.192 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6844, 19.4164, 63.0916)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656D2 #82D256

analogous

#6856D2 #A656D2 #D256C0

triadic

#A656D2 #D2A656 #56D2A6

tetradic

#A656D2 #D26856 #82D256 #56C0D2

square

#A656D2 #D26856 #82D256 #56C0D2

split-complementary

#A656D2 #C0D256 #56D268

monochromatic

#652589 #8931B9 #A656D2 #BF86DF #D9B7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#A656D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#A656D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656D2

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656D2	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B76D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D7CCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.192 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c489e0',
    500: '#a656d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656d2;
$custom-light: #c489e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.71,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6019,
    "c": 0.19181,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656D2

secondary

#BBDBA9

accent

#E1477D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656D2

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

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