#A956E9#A956E9

#A956E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.217 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A956E9
RGB	rgb(169, 86, 233)
HSL	hsl(274, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(274, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 63.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.92, 59.23, -61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.92, 85.11, 314.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% 0.131 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.217 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3949, 20.9742, 79.3115)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A956E9 #96E956

analogous

#6056E9 #A956E9 #E956DF

triadic

#A956E9 #E9A956 #56E9A9

tetradic

#A956E9 #E96056 #96E956 #56DFE9

square

#A956E9 #E96056 #96E956 #56DFE9

split-complementary

#A956E9 #DFE956 #56E960

monochromatic

#6C17AE #8D20E2 #A956E9 #C58CF0 #E0C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#A956E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#A956E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A956E9

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A956E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A956E9	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387FE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a956e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 86, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.217 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78af1',
    500: '#a956e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a956e9;
$custom-light: #c78af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a956e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.878,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61983,
    "c": 0.21689,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A956E9

secondary

#CAE8B3

accent

#D90C66

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A956E9

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

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