#A656D3#A656D3

#A656D3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.193 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656D3
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 211)
HSL	hsl(278, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(278, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 59.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, 53.69, -51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 74.33, 316.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% 0.1278 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.193 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8094, 19.4664, 63.7498)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656D3 #83D356

analogous

#6756D3 #A656D3 #D356C1

triadic

#A656D3 #D3A656 #56D3A6

tetradic

#A656D3 #D36756 #83D356 #56C1D3

square

#A656D3 #D36756 #83D356 #56C1D3

split-complementary

#A656D3 #C1D356 #56D367

monochromatic

#66248B #8931BB #A656D3 #C087E0 #D9B7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#A656D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#A656D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656D3

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656D3	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2976D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C7CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.193 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c489e1',
    500: '#a656d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656d3;
$custom-light: #c489e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.4,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60251,
    "c": 0.19286,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656D3

secondary

#BBDBAA

accent

#E2467E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656D3

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

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