#A956D9#A956D9

#A956D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.200 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A956D9
RGB	rgb(169, 86, 217)
HSL	hsl(278, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 60.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.95, 55.71, -53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.95, 77.34, 316.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% 0.1315 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.2 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2120, 20.1011, 67.8152)
Luminance	0.2010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A956D9 #86D956

analogous

#6856D9 #A956D9 #D956C8

triadic

#A956D9 #D9A956 #56D9A9

tetradic

#A956D9 #D96856 #86D956 #56C8D9

square

#A956D9 #D96856 #86D956 #56C8D9

split-complementary

#A956D9 #C8D956 #56D968

monochromatic

#6A2193 #8D2CC5 #A956D9 #C288E4 #DCBAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#A956D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#A956D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A956D9

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A956D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A956D9	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2278DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A7DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a956d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 86, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.200 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68ae5',
    500: '#a956d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a956d9;
$custom-light: #c68ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a956d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.015,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6097,
    "c": 0.20019,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A956D9

secondary

#BFDFAC

accent

#E6417E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A956D9

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

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