#A159CA#A159CA

#A159CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.177 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159CA
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 202)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 55.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 48.95, -47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 67.99, 316.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% 0.1175 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.177 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9291, 18.9867, 58.0065)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159CA #82CA59

analogous

#6959CA #A159CA #CA59BB

triadic

#A159CA #CAA159 #59CAA1

tetradic

#A159CA #CA6959 #82CA59 #59BBCA

square

#A159CA #CA6959 #82CA59 #59BBCA

split-complementary

#A159CA #BBCA59 #59CA69

monochromatic

#602980 #8338AE #A159CA #BB87D9 #D6B6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#A159CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#A159CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159CA

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159CA	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3775CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.177 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8bdb',
    500: '#a159ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159ca;
$custom-light: #bf8bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.23,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59546,
    "c": 0.1769,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159CA

secondary

#B9D6A8

accent

#DB4D80

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159CA

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

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