#A059CD#A059CD

#A059CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.180 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A059CD
RGB	rgb(160, 89, 205)
HSL	hsl(277, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(277, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.72, 49.36, -48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.72, 69.44, 315.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.1164 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.18 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0870, 19.0267, 59.8860)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A059CD #86CD59

analogous

#6659CD #A059CD #CD59C0

triadic

#A059CD #CDA059 #59CDA0

tetradic

#A059CD #CD6659 #86CD59 #59C0CD

square

#A059CD #CD6659 #86CD59 #59C0CD

split-complementary

#A059CD #C0CD59 #59CD66

monochromatic

#602884 #8236B3 #A059CD #BB88DB #D6B7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#A059CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#A059CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A059CD

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A059CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A059CD	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3375D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E7ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a059cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 89, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.180 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8bdd',
    500: '#a059cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a059cd;
$custom-light: #bf8bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a059cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.724,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59608,
    "c": 0.17984,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A059CD

secondary

#BCD8AA

accent

#DD4B83

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A059CD

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

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