#A656E3#A656E3

#A656E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.210 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656E3
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 227)
HSL	hsl(274, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 62.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, 57.22, -58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 82.15, 314.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.1275 -0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.21 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9159, 20.3090, 74.8442)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656E3 #93E356

analogous

#6056E3 #A656E3 #E356D9

triadic

#A656E3 #E3A656 #56E3A6

tetradic

#A656E3 #E36056 #93E356 #56D9E3

square

#A656E3 #E36056 #93E356 #56D9E3

split-complementary

#A656E3 #D9E356 #56E360

monochromatic

#681BA4 #8A24D8 #A656E3 #C28BEC #DDBFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#A656E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#A656E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656E3

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656E3	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C7395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.210 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48aec',
    500: '#a656e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656e3;
$custom-light: #c48aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.043,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61252,
    "c": 0.20977,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656E3

secondary

#C7E5B0

accent

#D41266

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656E3

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

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