#A656E7#A656E7

#A656E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.214 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656E7
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(273, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, 58.12, -60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 84.11, 313.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.1273 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.214 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4744, 20.5324, 77.7855)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656E7 #97E756

analogous

#5D56E7 #A656E7 #E756E0

triadic

#A656E7 #E7A656 #56E7A6

tetradic

#A656E7 #E75D56 #97E756 #56E0E7

square

#A656E7 #E75D56 #97E756 #56E0E7

split-complementary

#A656E7 #E0E756 #56E75D

monochromatic

#6918AA #8A20DF #A656E7 #C28CEF #DEC1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#A656E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#A656E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656E7

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656E7	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.214 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58aef',
    500: '#a656e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656e7;
$custom-light: #c58aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.103,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61512,
    "c": 0.21399,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656E7

secondary

#CAE7B2

accent

#D70E68

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656E7

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

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