#A059E9#A059E9

#A059E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.211 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A059E9
RGB	rgb(160, 89, 233)
HSL	hsl(270, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 61.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, 55.79, -62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 83.42, 311.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% 0.1161 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.211 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7742, 20.5016, 79.3056)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A059E9 #A2E959

analogous

#595AE9 #A059E9 #E859E9

triadic

#A059E9 #E9A059 #59E9A0

tetradic

#A059E9 #E9595A #A2E959 #59E9E8

square

#A059E9 #E9595A #A2E959 #59E9E8

split-complementary

#A059E9 #E9E859 #5AE959

monochromatic

#6317B0 #8123E2 #A059E9 #BF8FF0 #DEC5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#A059E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#A059E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A059E9

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A059E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A059E9	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#307DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a059e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 89, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.211 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18bf1',
    500: '#a059e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a059e9;
$custom-light: #c18bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a059e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.583,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61373,
    "c": 0.21065,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A059E9

secondary

#CFE9B5

accent

#D90D74

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A059E9

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

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