#A956EB#A956EB

#A956EB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.219 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A956EB
RGB	rgb(169, 86, 235)
HSL	hsl(273, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 63.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, 59.68, -62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 86.09, 313.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.1309 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.219 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6822, 21.0891, 80.8247)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A956EB #98EB56

analogous

#5E56EB #A956EB #EB56E2

triadic

#A956EB #EBA956 #56EBA9

tetradic

#A956EB #EB5E56 #98EB56 #56E2EB

square

#A956EB #EB5E56 #98EB56 #56E2EB

split-complementary

#A956EB #E2EB56 #56EB5E

monochromatic

#6C15B2 #8D1FE5 #A956EB #C58DF1 #E1C3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#A956EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#A956EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A956EB

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A956EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A956EB	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#367FE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a956eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 86, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.219 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78af2',
    500: '#a956eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a956eb;
$custom-light: #c78af2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a956eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.423,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62114,
    "c": 0.21898,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A956EB

secondary

#CBE9B4

accent

#DB0A67

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A956EB

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

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