#A159DE#A159DE

#A159DE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.199 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159DE
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 222)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(272, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 59.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 53.46, -56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 77.94, 313.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% 0.1178 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.199 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4523, 19.9960, 71.2958)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159DE #96DE59

analogous

#5E59DE #A159DE #DE59D8

triadic

#A159DE #DEA159 #59DEA1

tetradic

#A159DE #DE5E59 #96DE59 #59D8DE

square

#A159DE #DE5E59 #96DE59 #59D8DE

split-complementary

#A159DE #D8DE59 #59DE5E

monochromatic

#641F9D #8429D0 #A159DE #BE8CE8 #DBBFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#A159DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#A159DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159DE

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159DE	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1979E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.199 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18be9',
    500: '#a159de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159de;
$custom-light: #c18be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.481,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60768,
    "c": 0.19882,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159DE

secondary

#C7E2B0

accent

#CF176B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159DE

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

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