#A956CE#A956CE

#A956CE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.189 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A956CE
RGB	rgb(169, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(282, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 53.36, -48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 72.02, 317.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% 0.1314 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.189 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8287, 19.5477, 60.5297)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A956CE #7BCE56

analogous

#6D56CE #A956CE #CE56B7

triadic

#A956CE #CEA956 #56CEA9

tetradic

#A956CE #CE6D56 #7BCE56 #56B7CE

square

#A956CE #CE6D56 #7BCE56 #56B7CE

split-complementary

#A956CE #B7CE56 #56CE6D

monochromatic

#672683 #8C34B3 #A956CE #C185DC #D9B5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#A956CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#A956CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A956CE

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A956CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A956CE	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3276D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a956ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.189 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58add',
    500: '#a956ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a956ce;
$custom-light: #c58add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a956ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60308,
    "c": 0.18876,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A956CE

secondary

#B7D8A8

accent

#DE4977

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A956CE

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

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