#A656E8#A656E8

#A656E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.215 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656E8
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(273, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, 58.35, -61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 84.60, 313.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% 0.1272 -0.1734)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.215 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6160, 20.5891, 78.5314)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656E8 #98E856

analogous

#5D56E8 #A656E8 #E856E1

triadic

#A656E8 #E8A656 #56E8A6

tetradic

#A656E8 #E85D56 #98E856 #56E1E8

square

#A656E8 #E85D56 #98E856 #56E1E8

split-complementary

#A656E8 #E1E856 #56E85D

monochromatic

#6917AC #8A20E1 #A656E8 #C28CEF #DFC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#A656E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#A656E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656E8

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656E8	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.215 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58af0',
    500: '#a656e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656e8;
$custom-light: #c58af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.877,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61578,
    "c": 0.21504,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656E8

secondary

#CAE8B2

accent

#D80D69

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656E8

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

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