#A656F5#A656F5

#A656F5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.229 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A656F5
RGB	rgb(166, 86, 245)
HSL	hsl(270, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(270, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 64.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, 61.32, -67.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 90.97, 312.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% 0.1263 -0.1908)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.229 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5313, 21.3552, 88.6186)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A656F5 #A5F556

analogous

#5756F5 #A656F5 #F556F4

triadic

#A656F5 #F5A656 #56F5A6

tetradic

#A656F5 #F55756 #A5F556 #56F4F5

square

#A656F5 #F55756 #A5F556 #56F4F5

split-complementary

#A656F5 #F4F556 #56F557

monochromatic

#690CC5 #881CF2 #A656F5 #C490F8 #E3CAFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#A656F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#A656F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A656F5

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A656F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A656F5	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D7FF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97799E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a656f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 86, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.229 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68af9',
    500: '#a656f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a656f5;
$custom-light: #c68af9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a656f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.189,
    "s": 88.827,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6245,
    "c": 0.22876,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A656F5

secondary

#D3EFB8

accent

#E50072

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FF

border

#D2CBD7

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A656F5

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

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