#A656E6#A656E6

#A656E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.213 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656E6
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(273, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, 57.90, -60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 83.62, 313.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% 0.1274 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.213 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3336, 20.4761, 77.0438)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656E6 #96E656

analogous

#5E56E6 #A656E6 #E656DE

triadic

#A656E6 #E6A656 #56E6A6

tetradic

#A656E6 #E65E56 #96E656 #56DEE6

square

#A656E6 #E65E56 #96E656 #56DEE6

split-complementary

#A656E6 #DEE656 #56E65E

monochromatic

#6919A9 #8A21DE #A656E6 #C28BEE #DEC1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#A656E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#A656E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656E6

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656E6	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C7496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.213 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58aef',
    500: '#a656e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656e6;
$custom-light: #c58aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61447,
    "c": 0.21293,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656E6

secondary

#C9E6B1

accent

#D60F68

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656E6

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

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