#A159CC#A159CC

#A159CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.179 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159CC
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 204)
HSL	hsl(278, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 56.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.78, 49.40, -48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.78, 68.98, 315.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% 0.1176 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.179 311)
XYZ	xyz(29.1674, 19.0821, 59.2617)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159CC #84CC59

analogous

#6759CC #A159CC #CC59BE

triadic

#A159CC #CCA159 #59CCA1

tetradic

#A159CC #CC6759 #84CC59 #59BECC

square

#A159CC #CC6759 #84CC59 #59BECC

split-complementary

#A159CC #BECC59 #59CC67

monochromatic

#612883 #8336B1 #A159CC #BC88DA #D6B7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#A159CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#A159CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159CC

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159CC	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3575D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507AC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.179 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08bdc',
    500: '#a159cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159cc;
$custom-light: #c08bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.565,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59664,
    "c": 0.17909,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.19081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159CC

secondary

#BBD8A9

accent

#DC4B82

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159CC

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

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