#A956CD#A956CD

#A956CD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.188 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A956CD
RGB	rgb(169, 86, 205)
HSL	hsl(282, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 58%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.27, 53.15, -47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.27, 71.54, 317.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% 0.1314 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.188 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7076, 19.4993, 59.8919)
Luminance	0.1950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A956CD #7ACD56

analogous

#6E56CD #A956CD #CD56B5

triadic

#A956CD #CDA956 #56CDA9

tetradic

#A956CD #CD6E56 #7ACD56 #56B5CD

square

#A956CD #CD6E56 #7ACD56 #56B5CD

split-complementary

#A956CD #B5CD56 #56CD6E

monochromatic

#662682 #8C34B1 #A956CD #C185DB #D9B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#A956CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#A956CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A956CD

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A956CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A956CD	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3375D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537CCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a956cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 86, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.188 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58add',
    500: '#a956cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a956cd;
$custom-light: #c58add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a956cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.849,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6025,
    "c": 0.18773,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A956CD

secondary

#B6D8A7

accent

#DE4A77

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A956CD

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

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