#A956EE#A956EE

#A956EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.222 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A956EE
RGB	rgb(169, 86, 238)
HSL	hsl(273, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(273, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 63.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, 60.35, -63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 87.55, 313.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.1307 -0.1796)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.222 306)
XYZ	xyz(35.1193, 21.2639, 83.1266)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A956EE #9BEE56

analogous

#5D56EE #A956EE #EE56E7

triadic

#A956EE #EEA956 #56EEA9

tetradic

#A956EE #EE5D56 #9BEE56 #56E7EE

square

#A956EE #EE5D56 #9BEE56 #56E7EE

split-complementary

#A956EE #E7EE56 #56EE5D

monochromatic

#6C12B7 #8D1EE8 #A956EE #C58EF4 #E2C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#A956EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#A956EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A956EE

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A956EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A956EE	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3180EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D769B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a956ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 86, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.222 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78af4',
    500: '#a956ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a956ee;
$custom-light: #c78af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a956ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.763,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62312,
    "c": 0.22211,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.21264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A956EE

secondary

#CDEBB5

accent

#DE0769

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A956EE

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

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