#A956D5#A956D5

#A956D5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.196 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A956D5
RGB	rgb(169, 86, 213)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 59.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.72, 54.85, -51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.72, 75.40, 316.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% 0.1315 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.196 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6981, 19.8955, 65.1083)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A956D5 #82D556

analogous

#6956D5 #A956D5 #D556C1

triadic

#A956D5 #D5A956 #56D5A9

tetradic

#A956D5 #D56956 #82D556 #56C1D5

square

#A956D5 #D56956 #82D556 #56C1D5

split-complementary

#A956D5 #C1D556 #56D569

monochromatic

#69238D #8D2FBE #A956D5 #C287E1 #DBB8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#A956D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#A956D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A956D5

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A956D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A956D5	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2977D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D7DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a956d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 86, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.196 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68ae2',
    500: '#a956d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a956d5;
$custom-light: #c68ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a956d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.213,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60726,
    "c": 0.19602,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A956D5

secondary

#BCDDAA

accent

#E3447C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A956D5

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

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