#A656ED#A656ED

#A656ED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.220 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656ED
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 237)
HSL	hsl(272, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 63.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 59.49, -63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 87.05, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% 0.1269 -0.1801)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.22 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3364, 20.8772, 82.3252)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656ED #9DED56

analogous

#5A56ED #A656ED #ED56E9

triadic

#A656ED #EDA656 #56EDA6

tetradic

#A656ED #ED5A56 #9DED56 #56E9ED

square

#A656ED #ED5A56 #9DED56 #56E9ED

split-complementary

#A656ED #E9ED56 #56ED5A

monochromatic

#6913B5 #891FE7 #A656ED #C38DF3 #E0C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#A656ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#A656ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656ED

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656ED	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E7EEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99769A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.220 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58af4',
    500: '#a656ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656ed;
$custom-light: #c58af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.788,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61909,
    "c": 0.22033,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656ED

secondary

#CEEAB4

accent

#DD086C

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656ED

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

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