#A159C8#A159C8

#A159C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.175 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159C8
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 200)
HSL	hsl(279, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 55.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 48.52, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 67.00, 316.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% 0.1174 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.175 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6938, 18.8926, 56.7675)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159C8 #80C859

analogous

#6A59C8 #A159C8 #C859B8

triadic

#A159C8 #C8A159 #59C8A1

tetradic

#A159C8 #C86A59 #80C859 #59B8C8

square

#A159C8 #C86A59 #80C859 #59B8C8

split-complementary

#A159C8 #B8C859 #59C86A

monochromatic

#60297D #8339AB #A159C8 #BB87D7 #D5B5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#A159C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#A159C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159C8

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159C8	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3975CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.175 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8bd9',
    500: '#a159c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159c8;
$custom-light: #bf8bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.919,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59429,
    "c": 0.17472,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159C8

secondary

#B8D5A8

accent

#DA4E7F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159C8

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

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