#A159CD#A159CD

#A159CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.180 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159CD
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 205)
HSL	hsl(277, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(277, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.84, 49.62, -48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.84, 69.48, 315.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% 0.1176 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.18 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2877, 19.1302, 59.8954)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159CD #85CD59

analogous

#6759CD #A159CD #CD59BF

triadic

#A159CD #CDA159 #59CDA1

tetradic

#A159CD #CD6759 #85CD59 #59BFCD

square

#A159CD #CD6759 #85CD59 #59BFCD

split-complementary

#A159CD #BFCD59 #59CD67

monochromatic

#612884 #8336B3 #A159CD #BC88DB #D6B7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#A159CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#A159CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159CD

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159CD	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3476D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.180 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08bdd',
    500: '#a159cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159cd;
$custom-light: #c08bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59723,
    "c": 0.18018,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159CD

secondary

#BBD8AA

accent

#DD4B82

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159CD

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

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