#A956E4#A956E4

#A956E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.212 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A956E4
RGB	rgb(169, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(275, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, 58.12, -58.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 82.68, 314.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% 0.1313 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.212 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6907, 20.6925, 75.6030)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A956E4 #91E456

analogous

#6256E4 #A956E4 #E456D8

triadic

#A956E4 #E4A956 #56E4A9

tetradic

#A956E4 #E46256 #91E456 #56D8E4

square

#A956E4 #E46256 #91E456 #56D8E4

split-complementary

#A956E4 #D8E456 #56E462

monochromatic

#6C1AA5 #8E23DA #A956E4 #C48BEC #DFC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#A956E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#A956E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A956E4

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A956E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A956E4	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A07395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a956e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.212 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68aed',
    500: '#a956e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a956e4;
$custom-light: #c68aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a956e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.07,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6166,
    "c": 0.21167,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A956E4

secondary

#C6E5B0

accent

#D51162

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A956E4

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

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