#A159E4#A159E4

#A159E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.205 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159E4
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 228)
HSL	hsl(271, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 61%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, 54.84, -59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 80.93, 312.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% 0.1176 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.205 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2708, 20.3234, 75.6065)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159E4 #9CE459

analogous

#5C59E4 #A159E4 #E459E2

triadic

#A159E4 #E4A159 #59E4A1

tetradic

#A159E4 #E45C59 #9CE459 #59E2E4

square

#A159E4 #E45C59 #9CE459 #59E2E4

split-complementary

#A159E4 #E2E459 #59E45C

monochromatic

#641BA7 #8324DB #A159E4 #BF8EED #DDC2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#A159E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#A159E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159E4

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159E4	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#027AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.205 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18bed',
    500: '#a159e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159e4;
$custom-light: #c18bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.079,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61154,
    "c": 0.2054,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159E4

secondary

#CBE6B3

accent

#D4116F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159E4

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

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