#A0159D#A0159D

#A0159D is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.216 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0159D
RGB	rgb(160, 21, 157)
HSL	hsl(301, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(301, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.9%, 1.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.63, 66.08, -39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.63, 77.18, 328.88°)
OKLab	oklab(50% 0.1861 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(50% 0.216 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8510, 10.4459, 32.8098)
Luminance	0.1044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0159D #15A018

analogous

#5D15A0 #A0159D #A01557

triadic

#A0159D #9DA015 #159DA0

tetradic

#A0159D #A05D15 #15A018 #1557A0

square

#A0159D #A05D15 #15A018 #1557A0

split-complementary

#A0159D #57A015 #15A05D

monochromatic

#340733 #6A0E68 #A0159D #D61CD2 #E748E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#A0159D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#A0159D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0159D

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0159D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0159D	1.00	6.80	3.09	6.80
#FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45619A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6305D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0159d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 21, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.216 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c069ba',
    500: '#a0159d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0159d;
$custom-light: #c069ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0159d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.295,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50001,
    "c": 0.21648,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0159D

secondary

#49C84B

accent

#F33934

background

#FCF6FB

surface

#F8ECF6

border

#D1C7D0

text

#130712

muted

#827A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0159D

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

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