#A956EF#A956EF

#A956EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.223 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A956EF
RGB	rgb(169, 86, 239)
HSL	hsl(273, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(273, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 64%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.30, 60.58, -63.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.30, 88.03, 313.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% 0.1306 -0.1809)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.223 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2666, 21.3229, 83.9025)
Luminance	0.2132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A956EF #9CEF56

analogous

#5C56EF #A956EF #EF56E8

triadic

#A956EF #EFA956 #56EFA9

tetradic

#A956EF #EF5C56 #9CEF56 #56E8EF

square

#A956EF #EF5C56 #9CEF56 #56E8EF

split-complementary

#A956EF #E8EF56 #56EF5C

monochromatic

#6C12B9 #8D1EEA #A956EF #C58EF4 #E2C6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#A956EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#A956EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A956EF

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A956EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A956EF	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3080EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D779B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a956ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 86, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.223 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78af5',
    500: '#a956ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a956ef;
$custom-light: #c78af5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a956ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.549,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62378,
    "c": 0.22316,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A956EF

secondary

#CEEBB5

accent

#DF066A

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A956EF

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

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