#A159DB#A159DB

#A159DB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.196 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159DB
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 219)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(273, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 59.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, 52.77, -55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 76.44, 313.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% 0.1178 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.196 307)
XYZ	xyz(31.0538, 19.8366, 69.1970)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159DB #93DB59

analogous

#6059DB #A159DB #DB59D4

triadic

#A159DB #DBA159 #59DBA1

tetradic

#A159DB #DB6059 #93DB59 #59D4DB

square

#A159DB #DB6059 #93DB59 #59D4DB

split-complementary

#A159DB #D4DB59 #59DB60

monochromatic

#632199 #842CCB #A159DB #BD8BE6 #DABEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#A159DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#A159DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159DB

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159DB	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2079DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.196 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08be7',
    500: '#a159db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159db;
$custom-light: #c08be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.231,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60578,
    "c": 0.19552,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.19836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159DB

secondary

#C5E1AF

accent

#CC1969

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159DB

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

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