#A159B2#A159B2

#A159B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.151 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159B2
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 178)
HSL	hsl(289, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 50%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 43.86, -35.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 56.29, 321.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% 0.1153 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.151 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3052, 17.9372, 44.1874)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159B2 #6AB259

analogous

#7459B2 #A159B2 #B25997

triadic

#A159B2 #B2A159 #59B2A1

tetradic

#A159B2 #B27459 #6AB259 #5997B2

square

#A159B2 #B27459 #6AB259 #5997B2

split-complementary

#A159B2 #97B259 #59B274

monochromatic

#592E63 #7E418D #A159B2 #B983C5 #D0ADD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#A159B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#A159B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159B2

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159B2	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A70B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F78B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2657D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.151 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8ac9',
    500: '#a159b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159b2;
$custom-light: #bf8ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.539,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58217,
    "c": 0.1511,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159B2

secondary

#A7C7A0

accent

#CD5B71

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F7F0F8

border

#D0CBD1

text

#120C13

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159B2

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

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