#A139CD#A139CD

#A139CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.223 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A139CD
RGB	rgb(161, 57, 205)
HSL	hsl(282, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(282, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 72.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.51, 64.26, -57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.51, 86.01, 318.34°)
OKLab	oklab(55.88% 0.1542 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(55.88% 0.223 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1786, 14.9120, 59.1924)
Luminance	0.1491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A139CD #65CD39

analogous

#5739CD #A139CD #CD39AF

triadic

#A139CD #CDA139 #39CDA1

tetradic

#A139CD #CD5739 #65CD39 #39AFCD

square

#A139CD #CD5739 #65CD39 #39AFCD

split-complementary

#A139CD #AFCD39 #39CD57

monochromatic

#571C6F #7D28A0 #A139CD #B86AD9 #CF9BE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#A139CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#A139CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A139CD

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A139CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A139CD	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E6ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D5980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a139cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 57, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.223 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c179dd',
    500: '#a139cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a139cd;
$custom-light: #c179dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a139cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.162,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55878,
    "c": 0.22317,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A139CD

secondary

#A4D290

accent

#E34574

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A139CD

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

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