#A159BB#A159BB

#A159BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.161 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159BB
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 187)
HSL	hsl(284, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(284, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 52.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, 45.72, -39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 60.62, 318.96°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% 0.1164 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.161 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2386, 18.3106, 49.1035)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159BB #73BB59

analogous

#7059BB #A159BB #BB59A4

triadic

#A159BB #BBA159 #59BBA1

tetradic

#A159BB #BB7059 #73BB59 #59A4BB

square

#A159BB #BB7059 #73BB59 #59A4BB

split-complementary

#A159BB #A4BB59 #59BB70

monochromatic

#5C2D6D #813E98 #A159BB #BA84CD #D2B0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#A159BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#A159BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159BB

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159BB	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4472BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B79B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A06882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.161 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8bd0',
    500: '#a159bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159bb;
$custom-light: #bf8bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.082,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58697,
    "c": 0.16065,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159BB

secondary

#AECDA3

accent

#D25677

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#120C14

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159BB

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

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