#A956F5#A956F5

#A956F5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.229 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A956F5
RGB	rgb(169, 86, 245)
HSL	hsl(271, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(271, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 64.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, 61.94, -66.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 90.95, 312.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% 0.1301 -0.1889)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.229 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1677, 21.6833, 88.6484)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A956F5 #A2F556

analogous

#5A56F5 #A956F5 #F556F1

triadic

#A956F5 #F5A956 #56F5A9

tetradic

#A956F5 #F55A56 #A2F556 #56F1F5

square

#A956F5 #F55A56 #A2F556 #56F1F5

split-complementary

#A956F5 #F1F556 #56F55A

monochromatic

#6C0CC5 #8C1CF2 #A956F5 #C690F8 #E4CAFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#A956F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#A956F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A956F5

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A956F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A956F5	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2480F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B799E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a956f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 86, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.229 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88bf9',
    500: '#a956f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a956f5;
$custom-light: #c88bf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a956f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.321,
    "s": 88.827,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62781,
    "c": 0.22942,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A956F5

secondary

#D2EFB8

accent

#E5006E

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FF

border

#D2CBD7

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A956F5

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

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