#A059C8#A059C8

#A059C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.174 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A059C8
RGB	rgb(160, 89, 200)
HSL	hsl(278, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 55.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 48.26, -46.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 66.95, 316.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% 0.1161 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.174 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4930, 18.7891, 56.7581)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A059C8 #81C859

analogous

#6959C8 #A059C8 #C859B9

triadic

#A059C8 #C8A059 #59C8A0

tetradic

#A059C8 #C86959 #81C859 #59B9C8

square

#A059C8 #C86959 #81C859 #59B9C8

split-complementary

#A059C8 #B9C859 #59C869

monochromatic

#5F297D #8239AB #A059C8 #BA87D7 #D5B5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#A059C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#A059C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A059C8

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A059C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A059C8	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3974CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a059c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 89, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.174 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8bd9',
    500: '#a059c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a059c8;
$custom-light: #bf8bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a059c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.378,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59313,
    "c": 0.17435,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A059C8

secondary

#B8D5A8

accent

#DA4E80

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A059C8

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

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