#A656D5#A656D5

#A656D5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.195 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656D5
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 213)
HSL	hsl(278, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 59.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, 54.12, -52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 75.31, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.1278 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.195 311)
XYZ	xyz(31.0617, 19.5673, 65.0785)
Luminance	0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656D5 #85D556

analogous

#6656D5 #A656D5 #D556C5

triadic

#A656D5 #D5A656 #56D5A6

tetradic

#A656D5 #D56656 #85D556 #56C5D5

square

#A656D5 #D56656 #85D556 #56C5D5

split-complementary

#A656D5 #C5D556 #56D566

monochromatic

#66238D #892FBE #A656D5 #C087E1 #DAB8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#A656D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#A656D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656D5

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656D5	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2677D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A7CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A06E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.195 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48ae2',
    500: '#a656d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656d5;
$custom-light: #c48ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.795,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60373,
    "c": 0.19497,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.19567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656D5

secondary

#BDDDAA

accent

#E3447F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656D5

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

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