#A956ED#A956ED

#A956ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.221 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A956ED
RGB	rgb(169, 86, 237)
HSL	hsl(273, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 63.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, 60.13, -62.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 87.06, 313.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.1308 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.221 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9728, 21.2053, 82.3550)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A956ED #9AED56

analogous

#5D56ED #A956ED #ED56E6

triadic

#A956ED #EDA956 #56EDA9

tetradic

#A956ED #ED5D56 #9AED56 #56E6ED

square

#A956ED #ED5D56 #9AED56 #56E6ED

split-complementary

#A956ED #E6ED56 #56ED5D

monochromatic

#6C13B5 #8D1FE7 #A956ED #C58DF3 #E1C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#A956ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#A956ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A956ED

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A956ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A956ED	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#337FEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E769A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a956ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 86, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.221 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78af4',
    500: '#a956ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a956ed;
$custom-light: #c78af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a956ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.98,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62246,
    "c": 0.22107,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A956ED

secondary

#CDEAB4

accent

#DD0868

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A956ED

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

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