#A656E5#A656E5

#A656E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.212 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656E5
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, 57.67, -59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 83.13, 313.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.38% 0.1274 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(61.38% 0.212 307)
XYZ	xyz(33.1936, 20.4201, 76.3064)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656E5 #95E556

analogous

#5F56E5 #A656E5 #E556DD

triadic

#A656E5 #E5A656 #56E5A6

tetradic

#A656E5 #E55F56 #95E556 #56DDE5

square

#A656E5 #E55F56 #95E556 #56DDE5

split-complementary

#A656E5 #DDE556 #56E55F

monochromatic

#691AA7 #8A22DC #A656E5 #C28BED #DEC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#A656E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#A656E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656E5

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656E5	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C7396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.212 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58aee',
    500: '#a656e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656e5;
$custom-light: #c58aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.566,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61382,
    "c": 0.21187,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.2042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656E5

secondary

#C8E6B1

accent

#D51067

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656E5

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

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