#A656D7#A656D7

#A656D7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.197 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656D7
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 215)
HSL	hsl(277, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(277, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 60%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, 54.56, -53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 76.28, 315.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% 0.1278 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.197 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3171, 19.6695, 66.4236)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656D7 #87D756

analogous

#6656D7 #A656D7 #D756C8

triadic

#A656D7 #D7A656 #56D7A6

tetradic

#A656D7 #D76656 #87D756 #56C8D7

square

#A656D7 #D76656 #87D756 #56C8D7

split-complementary

#A656D7 #C8D756 #56D766

monochromatic

#672290 #8A2EC2 #A656D7 #C087E3 #DAB9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#A656D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#A656D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656D7

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656D7	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2377DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#487CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A06E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.197 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48ae4',
    500: '#a656d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656d7;
$custom-light: #c48ae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.209,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60495,
    "c": 0.19708,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656D7

secondary

#BEDEAB

accent

#E54380

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656D7

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

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