#A0159E#A0159E

#A0159E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.217 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0159E
RGB	rgb(160, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(301, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(301, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.9%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.69, 66.23, -40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.69, 77.58, 328.62°)
OKLab	oklab(50.06% 0.186 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(50.06% 0.217 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9368, 10.4802, 33.2613)
Luminance	0.1048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0159E #15A017

analogous

#5C15A0 #A0159E #A01559

triadic

#A0159E #9EA015 #159EA0

tetradic

#A0159E #A05C15 #15A017 #1559A0

square

#A0159E #A05C15 #15A017 #1559A0

split-complementary

#A0159E #59A015 #15A05C

monochromatic

#340733 #6A0E69 #A0159E #D61CD3 #E748E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#A0159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#A0159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0159E

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0159E	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44619B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6305E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.217 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c069bb',
    500: '#a0159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0159e;
$custom-light: #c069bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.863,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50062,
    "c": 0.21719,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0159E

secondary

#49C84A

accent

#F33734

background

#FCF6FB

surface

#F8ECF6

border

#D1C7D0

text

#130712

muted

#827A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0159E

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

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