#A656D6#A656D6

#A656D6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.196 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656D6
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 214)
HSL	hsl(278, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 59.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, 54.34, -52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 75.79, 315.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% 0.1278 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.196 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1890, 19.6183, 65.7490)
Luminance	0.1962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656D6 #86D656

analogous

#6656D6 #A656D6 #D656C6

triadic

#A656D6 #D6A656 #56D6A6

tetradic

#A656D6 #D66656 #86D656 #56C6D6

square

#A656D6 #D66656 #86D656 #56C6D6

split-complementary

#A656D6 #C6D656 #56D666

monochromatic

#66238F #8A2FC0 #A656D6 #C087E2 #DAB9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#A656D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#A656D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656D6

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656D6	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2577DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#497CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A06E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.196 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48ae3',
    500: '#a656d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656d6;
$custom-light: #c48ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60434,
    "c": 0.19603,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656D6

secondary

#BEDDAB

accent

#E44480

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C15

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656D6

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

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