#A059E2#A059E2

#A059E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.203 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A059E2
RGB	rgb(160, 89, 226)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 60.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, 54.15, -58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 79.92, 312.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% 0.1164 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.203 305)
XYZ	xyz(31.7940, 20.1095, 74.1433)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A059E2 #9BE259

analogous

#5C59E2 #A059E2 #E259DF

triadic

#A059E2 #E2A059 #59E2A0

tetradic

#A059E2 #E25C59 #9BE259 #59DFE2

square

#A059E2 #E25C59 #9BE259 #59DFE2

split-complementary

#A059E2 #DFE259 #59E25C

monochromatic

#631DA4 #8226D8 #A059E2 #BE8DEB #DCC1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#A059E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#A059E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A059E2

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A059E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A059E2	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#097AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a059e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 89, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.203 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08bec',
    500: '#a059e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a059e2;
$custom-light: #c08bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a059e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.095,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60914,
    "c": 0.20296,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.20109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A059E2

secondary

#CAE5B2

accent

#D2136F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A059E2

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

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