#A956BB#A956BB

#A956BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.169 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A956BB
RGB	rgb(169, 86, 187)
HSL	hsl(289, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(289, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 54%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.31, 49.46, -39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.31, 63.01, 321.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% 0.1302 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.169 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6585, 18.6797, 49.1000)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A956BB #68BB56

analogous

#7656BB #A956BB #BB569A

triadic

#A956BB #BBA956 #56BBA9

tetradic

#A956BB #BB7656 #68BB56 #569ABB

square

#A956BB #BB7656 #68BB56 #569ABB

split-complementary

#A956BB #9ABB56 #56BB76

monochromatic

#602B6B #873D97 #A956BB #BF82CD #D5ADDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#A956BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#A956BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A956BB

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A956BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A956BB	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4372BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a956bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 86, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.169 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c589d0',
    500: '#a956bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a956bb;
$custom-light: #c589d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a956bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.307,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59239,
    "c": 0.16937,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A956BB

secondary

#A8CCA1

accent

#D2556C

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A956BB

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

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