#A059D8#A059D8

#A059D8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.192 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A059D8
RGB	rgb(160, 89, 216)
HSL	hsl(274, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(274, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 58.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.36, 51.85, -54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.36, 74.92, 313.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% 0.1165 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.192 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4617, 19.5766, 67.1263)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A059D8 #91D859

analogous

#6059D8 #A059D8 #D859D1

triadic

#A059D8 #D8A059 #59D8A0

tetradic

#A059D8 #D86059 #91D859 #59D1D8

square

#A059D8 #D86059 #91D859 #59D1D8

split-complementary

#A059D8 #D1D859 #59D860

monochromatic

#622394 #832EC5 #A059D8 #BC8BE4 #D9BCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#A059D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#A059D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A059D8

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A059D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A059D8	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2478DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a059d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 89, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.192 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08be5',
    500: '#a059d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a059d8;
$custom-light: #c08be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a059d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.543,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60279,
    "c": 0.19194,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A059D8

secondary

#C4DFAE

accent

#E5438A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A059D8

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

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