#A059C7#A059C7

#A059C7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.173 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A059C7
RGB	rgb(160, 89, 199)
HSL	hsl(279, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 55.3%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.38, 48.04, -45.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.38, 66.46, 316.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.1161 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.173 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3766, 18.7425, 56.1446)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A059C7 #80C759

analogous

#6959C7 #A059C7 #C759B7

triadic

#A059C7 #C7A059 #59C7A0

tetradic

#A059C7 #C76959 #80C759 #59B7C7

square

#A059C7 #C76959 #80C759 #59B7C7

split-complementary

#A059C7 #B7C759 #59C769

monochromatic

#5F2A7C #8239AA #A059C7 #BA87D6 #D4B5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#A059C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#A059C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A059C7

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A059C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A059C7	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A74CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5279C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a059c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 89, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.173 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8bd8',
    500: '#a059c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a059c7;
$custom-light: #bf8bd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a059c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.727,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59255,
    "c": 0.17325,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A059C7

secondary

#B7D4A7

accent

#D94F80

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#120C14

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A059C7

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

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