#A956DE#A956DE

#A956DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.205 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A956DE
RGB	rgb(169, 86, 222)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 61.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.25, 56.80, -56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.25, 79.76, 315.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% 0.1314 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.205 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8722, 20.3651, 71.2923)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A956DE #8BDE56

analogous

#6556DE #A956DE #DE56CF

triadic

#A956DE #DEA956 #56DEA9

tetradic

#A956DE #DE6556 #8BDE56 #56CFDE

square

#A956DE #DE6556 #8BDE56 #56CFDE

split-complementary

#A956DE #CFDE56 #56DE65

monochromatic

#6B1E9B #8E28CE #A956DE #C389E8 #DDBCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#A956DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#A956DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A956DE

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A956DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A956DE	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1779E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#457EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a956de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 86, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.205 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68ae9',
    500: '#a956de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a956de;
$custom-light: #c68ae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a956de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.618,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6128,
    "c": 0.2054,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A956DE

secondary

#C2E2AE

accent

#CF165E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A956DE

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

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