#A656EB#A656EB

#A656EB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.218 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656EB
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 235)
HSL	hsl(272, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 63.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, 59.03, -62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 86.07, 313.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% 0.1271 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.218 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0458, 20.7610, 80.7948)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656EB #9BEB56

analogous

#5B56EB #A656EB #EB56E5

triadic

#A656EB #EBA656 #56EBA6

tetradic

#A656EB #EB5B56 #9BEB56 #56E5EB

square

#A656EB #EB5B56 #9BEB56 #56E5EB

split-complementary

#A656EB #E5EB56 #56EB5B

monochromatic

#6915B2 #891FE5 #A656EB #C38DF1 #E0C3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#A656EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#A656EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656EB

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656EB	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#317EE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.218 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58af2',
    500: '#a656eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656eb;
$custom-light: #c58af2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.215,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61776,
    "c": 0.21822,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656EB

secondary

#CCE9B4

accent

#DB0A6B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656EB

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

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