#A956F2#A956F2

#A956F2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.226 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A956F2
RGB	rgb(169, 86, 242)
HSL	hsl(272, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 64.5%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, 61.26, -65.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 89.49, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% 0.1304 -0.1849)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.226 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7135, 21.5016, 86.2560)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A956F2 #9FF256

analogous

#5B56F2 #A956F2 #F256ED

triadic

#A956F2 #F2A956 #56F2A9

tetradic

#A956F2 #F25B56 #9FF256 #56EDF2

square

#A956F2 #F25B56 #9FF256 #56EDF2

split-complementary

#A956F2 #EDF256 #56F25B

monochromatic

#6C0FBF #8C1DEE #A956F2 #C68FF6 #E3C8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#A956F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#A956F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A956F2

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A956F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A956F2	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A80EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C789D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a956f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 86, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.226 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78af7',
    500: '#a956f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a956f2;
$custom-light: #c78af7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a956f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.923,
    "s": 85.714,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62579,
    "c": 0.22628,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A956F2

secondary

#D0EDB7

accent

#E2036C

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FF

border

#D2CBD7

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A956F2

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

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