#A656D4#A656D4

#A656D4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.194 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656D4
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 212)
HSL	hsl(278, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(278, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 59.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, 53.91, -51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 74.82, 316.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% 0.1278 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.194 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9352, 19.5167, 64.4121)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656D4 #84D456

analogous

#6756D4 #A656D4 #D456C3

triadic

#A656D4 #D4A656 #56D4A6

tetradic

#A656D4 #D46756 #84D456 #56C3D4

square

#A656D4 #D46756 #84D456 #56C3D4

split-complementary

#A656D4 #C3D456 #56D467

monochromatic

#66248C #8930BD #A656D4 #C087E0 #D9B8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#A656D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#A656D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656D4

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656D4	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2876D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B7CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A06D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.194 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48ae2',
    500: '#a656d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656d4;
$custom-light: #c48ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.095,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60312,
    "c": 0.19391,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656D4

secondary

#BCDCAA

accent

#E3457F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656D4

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

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