#A656DD#A656DD

#A656DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.203 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656DD
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 55.88, -56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 79.22, 314.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% 0.1277 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.203 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1022, 19.9836, 70.5587)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656DD #8DDD56

analogous

#6356DD #A656DD #DD56D0

triadic

#A656DD #DDA656 #56DDA6

tetradic

#A656DD #DD6356 #8DDD56 #56D0DD

square

#A656DD #DD6356 #8DDD56 #56D0DD

split-complementary

#A656DD #D0DD56 #56DD63

monochromatic

#681F9A #8A29CD #A656DD #C189E7 #DCBCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#A656DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#A656DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656DD

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656DD	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1678E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.203 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48ae8',
    500: '#a656dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656dd;
$custom-light: #c48ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6087,
    "c": 0.20342,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656DD

secondary

#C3E1AE

accent

#CE1762

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656DD

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

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