#A159BF#A159BF

#A159BF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.165 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159BF
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 191)
HSL	hsl(282, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 53.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.08, 46.57, -41.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.08, 62.57, 318.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% 0.1167 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.165 315)
XYZ	xyz(27.6728, 18.4842, 51.3902)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A159BF #77BF59

analogous

#6E59BF #A159BF #BF59AA

triadic

#A159BF #BFA159 #59BFA1

tetradic

#A159BF #BF6E59 #77BF59 #59AABF

square

#A159BF #BF6E59 #77BF59 #59AABF

split-complementary

#A159BF #AABF59 #59BF6E

monochromatic

#5D2C72 #813D9E #A159BF #BA85D0 #D3B1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#A159BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#A159BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159BF

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159BF	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4173C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5879BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F6984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.165 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8bd3',
    500: '#a159bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159bf;
$custom-light: #bf8bd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.353,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58917,
    "c": 0.16496,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.18483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159BF

secondary

#B1CFA4

accent

#D45479

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#120C14

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159BF

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

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