#A159D2#A159D2

#A159D2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.186 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159D2
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 210)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(276, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 57.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 50.73, -51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 71.96, 314.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.1177 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.186 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9009, 19.3755, 63.1249)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159D2 #8AD259

analogous

#6459D2 #A159D2 #D259C7

triadic

#A159D2 #D2A159 #59D2A1

tetradic

#A159D2 #D26459 #8AD259 #59C7D2

square

#A159D2 #D26459 #8AD259 #59C7D2

split-complementary

#A159D2 #C7D259 #59D264

monochromatic

#62268B #8433BB #A159D2 #BC89DF #D8B9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#A159D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#A159D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159D2

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159D2	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E77D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B7BCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.186 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08be0',
    500: '#a159d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159d2;
$custom-light: #c08be0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.702,
    "s": 57.346,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60023,
    "c": 0.18565,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159D2

secondary

#BFDBAB

accent

#E14785

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159D2

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

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