#A159CE#A159CE

#A159CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.181 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159CE
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 206)
HSL	hsl(277, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(277, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 56.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.90, 49.84, -49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.90, 69.97, 315.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% 0.1176 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.181 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4088, 19.1786, 60.5332)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159CE #86CE59

analogous

#6659CE #A159CE #CE59C1

triadic

#A159CE #CEA159 #59CEA1

tetradic

#A159CE #CE6659 #86CE59 #59C1CE

square

#A159CE #CE6659 #86CE59 #59C1CE

split-complementary

#A159CE #C1CE59 #59CE66

monochromatic

#612785 #8435B5 #A159CE #BC88DC #D7B8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#A159CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#A159CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159CE

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159CE	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3376D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E7ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.181 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08bdd',
    500: '#a159ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159ce;
$custom-light: #c08bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59782,
    "c": 0.18128,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159CE

secondary

#BCD9AA

accent

#DE4A83

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159CE

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

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