#A159E3#A159E3

#A159E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.204 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159E3
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 227)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 60.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, 54.61, -59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 80.43, 312.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% 0.1176 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.204 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1324, 20.2681, 74.8775)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159E3 #9BE359

analogous

#5C59E3 #A159E3 #E359E0

triadic

#A159E3 #E3A159 #59E3A1

tetradic

#A159E3 #E35C59 #9BE359 #59E0E3

square

#A159E3 #E35C59 #9BE359 #59E0E3

split-complementary

#A159E3 #E0E359 #59E35C

monochromatic

#641CA6 #8325DA #A159E3 #BF8DEC #DCC2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#A159E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#A159E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159E3

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159E3	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#077AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.204 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18bec',
    500: '#a159e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159e3;
$custom-light: #c18bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61089,
    "c": 0.2043,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159E3

secondary

#CBE5B2

accent

#D3126F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159E3

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

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