#A159DC#A159DC

#A159DC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.197 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159DC
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 220)
HSL	hsl(273, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(273, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 59.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 53.00, -55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 76.94, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% 0.1178 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.197 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1859, 19.8895, 69.8924)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159DC #94DC59

analogous

#5F59DC #A159DC #DC59D5

triadic

#A159DC #DCA159 #59DCA1

tetradic

#A159DC #DC5F59 #94DC59 #59D5DC

square

#A159DC #DC5F59 #94DC59 #59D5DC

split-complementary

#A159DC #D5DC59 #59DC5F

monochromatic

#63209A #842BCD #A159DC #BE8CE7 #DABEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#A159DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#A159DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159DC

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159DC	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E79E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427CD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.197 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08be7',
    500: '#a159dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159dc;
$custom-light: #c08be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.977,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60641,
    "c": 0.19662,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159DC

secondary

#C6E1AF

accent

#CD186A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159DC

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

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