#A956E6#A956E6

#A956E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.214 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A956E6
RGB	rgb(169, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(275, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 58.56, -59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 83.65, 314.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% 0.1312 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.214 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9700, 20.8042, 77.0736)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A956E6 #93E656

analogous

#6156E6 #A956E6 #E656DB

triadic

#A956E6 #E6A956 #56E6A9

tetradic

#A956E6 #E66156 #93E656 #56DBE6

square

#A956E6 #E66156 #93E656 #56DBE6

split-complementary

#A956E6 #DBE656 #56E661

monochromatic

#6C19A9 #8E21DE #A956E6 #C48BEE #DFC1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#A956E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#A956E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A956E6

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A956E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A956E6	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A07396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a956e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.214 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78aef',
    500: '#a956e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a956e6;
$custom-light: #c78aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a956e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.583,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61789,
    "c": 0.21376,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A956E6

secondary

#C8E6B1

accent

#D60F64

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A956E6

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

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