#A656EF#A656EF

#A656EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.222 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656EF
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 239)
HSL	hsl(271, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(271, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 64%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, 59.94, -64.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 88.03, 312.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.1268 -0.1828)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.222 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6302, 20.9947, 83.8726)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656EF #9FEF56

analogous

#5956EF #A656EF #EF56EB

triadic

#A656EF #EFA656 #56EFA6

tetradic

#A656EF #EF5956 #9FEF56 #56EBEF

square

#A656EF #EF5956 #9FEF56 #56EBEF

split-complementary

#A656EF #EBEF56 #56EF59

monochromatic

#6912B9 #891EEA #A656EF #C38EF4 #E1C6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#A656EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#A656EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656EF

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656EF	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A7EEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99779B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.222 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58af5',
    500: '#a656ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656ef;
$custom-light: #c58af5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.373,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62043,
    "c": 0.22244,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656EF

secondary

#CFEBB5

accent

#DF066E

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656EF

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

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