#A956E8#A956E8

#A956E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.216 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A956E8
RGB	rgb(169, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(274, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, 59.01, -60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 84.63, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% 0.1311 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.216 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2524, 20.9172, 78.5613)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A956E8 #95E856

analogous

#6056E8 #A956E8 #E856DE

triadic

#A956E8 #E8A956 #56E8A9

tetradic

#A956E8 #E86056 #95E856 #56DEE8

square

#A956E8 #E86056 #95E856 #56DEE8

split-complementary

#A956E8 #DEE856 #56E860

monochromatic

#6C17AC #8E20E1 #A956E8 #C48CEF #E0C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#A956E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#A956E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A956E8

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A956E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A956E8	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a956e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.216 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78af0',
    500: '#a956e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a956e8;
$custom-light: #c78af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a956e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.11,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61918,
    "c": 0.21584,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A956E8

secondary

#C9E8B2

accent

#D80D65

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A956E8

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

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