#A059BD#A059BD

#A059BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.162 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A059BD
RGB	rgb(160, 89, 189)
HSL	hsl(283, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(283, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 52.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.85, 45.87, -41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.85, 61.53, 318.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.1153 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.162 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2535, 18.2933, 50.2296)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A059BD #76BD59

analogous

#6E59BD #A059BD #BD59A8

triadic

#A059BD #BDA059 #59BDA0

tetradic

#A059BD #BD6E59 #76BD59 #59A8BD

square

#A059BD #BD6E59 #76BD59 #59A8BD

split-complementary

#A059BD #A8BD59 #59BD6E

monochromatic

#5C2C6F #803E9B #A059BD #B985CE #D2B1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#A059BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#A059BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A059BD

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A059BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A059BD	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4272C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5979BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E6983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a059bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 89, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.162 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8bd1',
    500: '#a059bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a059bd;
$custom-light: #be8bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a059bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58688,
    "c": 0.16236,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A059BD

secondary

#B0CEA4

accent

#D35579

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F7F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#120C14

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A059BD

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

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