#A656E4#A656E4

#A656E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.211 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656E4
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(274, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.25, 57.45, -59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.25, 82.64, 314.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% 0.1275 -0.1679)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.211 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0543, 20.3644, 75.5731)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656E4 #94E456

analogous

#5F56E4 #A656E4 #E456DB

triadic

#A656E4 #E4A656 #56E4A6

tetradic

#A656E4 #E45F56 #94E456 #56DBE4

square

#A656E4 #E45F56 #94E456 #56DBE4

split-complementary

#A656E4 #DBE456 #56E45F

monochromatic

#691AA5 #8A23DA #A656E4 #C28BEC #DEC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#A656E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#A656E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656E4

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656E4	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C7395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.211 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48aed',
    500: '#a656e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656e4;
$custom-light: #c48aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.803,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61317,
    "c": 0.21082,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656E4

secondary

#C8E5B0

accent

#D51166

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656E4

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

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