#A656EE#A656EE

#A656EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.221 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656EE
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 238)
HSL	hsl(272, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 63.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, 59.72, -64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 87.54, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% 0.1269 -0.1814)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.221 305)
XYZ	xyz(34.4829, 20.9358, 83.0967)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656EE #9EEE56

analogous

#5A56EE #A656EE #EE56EA

triadic

#A656EE #EEA656 #56EEA6

tetradic

#A656EE #EE5A56 #9EEE56 #56EAEE

square

#A656EE #EE5A56 #9EEE56 #56EAEE

split-complementary

#A656EE #EAEE56 #56EE5A

monochromatic

#6912B7 #891EE8 #A656EE #C38EF4 #E1C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#A656EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#A656EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656EE

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656EE	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C7EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99779B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.221 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58af4',
    500: '#a656ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656ee;
$custom-light: #c58af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61976,
    "c": 0.22139,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.20936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656EE

secondary

#CEEBB5

accent

#DE076D

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656EE

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

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