#A159BC#A159BC

#A159BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.162 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159BC
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 188)
HSL	hsl(284, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(284, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 52.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.92, 45.94, -40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.92, 61.11, 318.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% 0.1165 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.162 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3460, 18.3535, 49.6693)
Luminance	0.1835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159BC #74BC59

analogous

#7059BC #A159BC #BC59A6

triadic

#A159BC #BCA159 #59BCA1

tetradic

#A159BC #BC7059 #74BC59 #59A6BC

square

#A159BC #BC7059 #74BC59 #59A6BC

split-complementary

#A159BC #A6BC59 #59BC70

monochromatic

#5C2C6E #813E9A #A159BC #BA85CE #D2B0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#A159BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#A159BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159BC

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159BC	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4372BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A79B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A06882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.162 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8bd0',
    500: '#a159bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159bc;
$custom-light: #bf8bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58751,
    "c": 0.16173,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159BC

secondary

#AFCDA3

accent

#D25678

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#120C14

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159BC

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

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