#A159AE#A159AE

#A159AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.147 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159AE
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 174)
HSL	hsl(291, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(291, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 48.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.23, 43.05, -33.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.23, 54.39, 322.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.1147 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.147 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9094, 17.7789, 42.1031)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159AE #66AE59

analogous

#7759AE #A159AE #AE5991

triadic

#A159AE #AEA159 #59AEA1

tetradic

#A159AE #AE7759 #66AE59 #5991AE

square

#A159AE #AE7759 #66AE59 #5991AE

split-complementary

#A159AE #91AE59 #59AE77

monochromatic

#572E5E #7D4288 #A159AE #B882C2 #D0ABD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#A159AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#A159AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A159AE

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A159AE	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C70B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6178AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3647B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.147 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8ac6',
    500: '#a159ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159ae;
$custom-light: #bf8ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.824,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58011,
    "c": 0.14693,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159AE

secondary

#A4C49F

accent

#CA5D6E

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F7F0F8

border

#D0CBD1

text

#120C13

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159AE

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

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