#A756E6#A756E6

#A756E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.213 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A756E6
RGB	rgb(167, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 58.12, -60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 83.63, 314.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% 0.1286 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.213 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5441, 20.5846, 77.0537)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A756E6 #95E656

analogous

#5F56E6 #A756E6 #E656DD

triadic

#A756E6 #E6A756 #56E6A7

tetradic

#A756E6 #E65F56 #95E656 #56DDE6

square

#A756E6 #E65F56 #95E656 #56DDE6

split-complementary

#A756E6 #DDE656 #56E65F

monochromatic

#6A19A9 #8B21DE #A756E6 #C38BEE #DFC1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#A756E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#A756E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A756E6

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A756E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A756E6	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a756e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.213 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58aef',
    500: '#a756e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a756e6;
$custom-light: #c58aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a756e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6156,
    "c": 0.2132,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A756E6

secondary

#C9E6B1

accent

#D60F66

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A756E6

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

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