#A159CB#A159CB

#A159CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.178 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159CB
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 203)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 56.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, 49.18, -47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 68.49, 315.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.1175 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.178 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0479, 19.0342, 58.6321)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159CB #83CB59

analogous

#6859CB #A159CB #CB59BC

triadic

#A159CB #CBA159 #59CBA1

tetradic

#A159CB #CB6859 #83CB59 #59BCCB

square

#A159CB #CB6859 #83CB59 #59BCCB

split-complementary

#A159CB #BCCB59 #59CB68

monochromatic

#602881 #8337B0 #A159CB #BB88DA #D6B6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#A159CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#A159CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159CB

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159CB	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3675CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.178 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08bdb',
    500: '#a159cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159cb;
$custom-light: #c08bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59605,
    "c": 0.178,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159CB

secondary

#BAD7A9

accent

#DC4C81

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159CB

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

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