#A656E2#A656E2

#A656E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.209 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656E2
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, 57.00, -58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 81.66, 314.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% 0.1275 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.209 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7783, 20.2540, 74.1194)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656E2 #92E256

analogous

#6056E2 #A656E2 #E256D8

triadic

#A656E2 #E2A656 #56E2A6

tetradic

#A656E2 #E26056 #92E256 #56D8E2

square

#A656E2 #E26056 #92E256 #56D8E2

split-complementary

#A656E2 #D8E256 #56E260

monochromatic

#681CA2 #8A25D6 #A656E2 #C28AEB #DDBEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#A656E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#A656E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656E2

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656E2	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0179E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D7DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.209 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48aec',
    500: '#a656e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656e2;
$custom-light: #c48aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61188,
    "c": 0.2087,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656E2

secondary

#C6E4B0

accent

#D31365

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656E2

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

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