#A059CB#A059CB

#A059CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.178 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A059CB
RGB	rgb(160, 89, 203)
HSL	hsl(277, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(277, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 56.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.61, 48.92, -47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.61, 68.44, 315.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% 0.1163 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.178 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8471, 18.9307, 58.6227)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A059CB #84CB59

analogous

#6759CB #A059CB #CB59BD

triadic

#A059CB #CBA059 #59CBA0

tetradic

#A059CB #CB6759 #84CB59 #59BDCB

square

#A059CB #CB6759 #84CB59 #59BDCB

split-complementary

#A059CB #BDCB59 #59CB67

monochromatic

#602881 #8237B0 #A059CB #BB88DA #D5B6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#A059CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#A059CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A059CB

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A059CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A059CB	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3675CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a059cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 89, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.178 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8bdb',
    500: '#a059cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a059cb;
$custom-light: #bf8bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a059cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.368,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59489,
    "c": 0.17764,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A059CB

secondary

#BAD7A9

accent

#DC4C82

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A059CB

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

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