#A656E9#A656E9

#A656E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.216 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656E9
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 233)
HSL	hsl(273, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 63.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, 58.58, -61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 85.09, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.1272 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.216 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7585, 20.6461, 79.2816)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656E9 #99E956

analogous

#5D56E9 #A656E9 #E956E2

triadic

#A656E9 #E9A656 #56E9A6

tetradic

#A656E9 #E95D56 #99E956 #56E2E9

square

#A656E9 #E95D56 #99E956 #56E2E9

split-complementary

#A656E9 #E2E956 #56E95D

monochromatic

#6917AE #8920E2 #A656E9 #C38CF0 #DFC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#A656E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#A656E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656E9

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656E9	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347EE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.216 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58af1',
    500: '#a656e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656e9;
$custom-light: #c58af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.653,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61643,
    "c": 0.21611,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656E9

secondary

#CBE8B3

accent

#D90C6A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656E9

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

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