#A159D9#A159D9

#A159D9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.193 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159D9
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 217)
HSL	hsl(274, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(274, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 59%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.53, 52.31, -54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.53, 75.45, 313.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% 0.1178 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.193 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7921, 19.7320, 67.8187)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159D9 #91D959

analogous

#6159D9 #A159D9 #D959D1

triadic

#A159D9 #D9A159 #59D9A1

tetradic

#A159D9 #D96159 #91D959 #59D1D9

square

#A159D9 #D96159 #91D959 #59D1D9

split-complementary

#A159D9 #D1D959 #59D961

monochromatic

#632295 #842EC7 #A159D9 #BD8BE4 #D9BDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#A159D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#A159D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159D9

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159D9	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2478DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#457CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.193 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08be5',
    500: '#a159d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159d9;
$custom-light: #c08be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60453,
    "c": 0.19334,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159D9

secondary

#C4E0AE

accent

#E6428A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159D9

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

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