#A159DF#A159DF

#A159DF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.200 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159DF
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 223)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(272, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 60.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, 53.69, -57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 78.44, 313.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% 0.1177 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.2 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5868, 20.0498, 72.0037)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159DF #97DF59

analogous

#5E59DF #A159DF #DF59DA

triadic

#A159DF #DFA159 #59DFA1

tetradic

#A159DF #DF5E59 #97DF59 #59DADF

square

#A159DF #DF5E59 #97DF59 #59DADF

split-complementary

#A159DF #DADF59 #59DF5E

monochromatic

#641F9F #8429D2 #A159DF #BE8CE9 #DBC0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#A159DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#A159DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159DF

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159DF	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1679E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.200 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18bea',
    500: '#a159df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159df;
$custom-light: #c18bea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.239,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60832,
    "c": 0.19991,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159DF

secondary

#C8E3B1

accent

#D0166C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159DF

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

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