#A656DB#A656DB

#A656DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.201 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656DB
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 219)
HSL	hsl(276, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 60.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, 55.44, -55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 78.24, 315.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% 0.1277 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.201 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8374, 19.8776, 69.1637)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656DB #8BDB56

analogous

#6356DB #A656DB #DB56CE

triadic

#A656DB #DBA656 #56DBA6

tetradic

#A656DB #DB6356 #8BDB56 #56CEDB

square

#A656DB #DB6356 #8BDB56 #56CEDB

split-complementary

#A656DB #CEDB56 #56DB63

monochromatic

#672097 #8A2BC9 #A656DB #C188E6 #DBBBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#A656DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#A656DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656DB

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656DB	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B78DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#457CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.201 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48ae7',
    500: '#a656db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656db;
$custom-light: #c48ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.09,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60744,
    "c": 0.2013,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656DB

secondary

#C1E0AD

accent

#E84083

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656DB

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

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