#A956E7#A956E7

#A956E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.215 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A956E7
RGB	rgb(169, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(274, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, 58.78, -60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 84.14, 314.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% 0.1311 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.215 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1108, 20.8606, 77.8153)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A956E7 #94E756

analogous

#6156E7 #A956E7 #E756DD

triadic

#A956E7 #E7A956 #56E7A9

tetradic

#A956E7 #E76156 #94E756 #56DDE7

square

#A956E7 #E76156 #94E756 #56DDE7

split-complementary

#A956E7 #DDE756 #56E761

monochromatic

#6C18AA #8E20DF #A956E7 #C48CEF #E0C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#A956E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#A956E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A956E7

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A956E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A956E7	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7FE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a956e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.215 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78aef',
    500: '#a956e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a956e7;
$custom-light: #c78aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a956e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.345,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61853,
    "c": 0.2148,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A956E7

secondary

#C9E7B2

accent

#D70E64

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A956E7

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

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