#A159E5#A159E5

#A159E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.206 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159E5
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, 55.08, -59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 81.43, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% 0.1176 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.206 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4101, 20.3791, 76.3397)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159E5 #9DE559

analogous

#5B59E5 #A159E5 #E559E3

triadic

#A159E5 #E5A159 #59E5A1

tetradic

#A159E5 #E55B59 #9DE559 #59E3E5

square

#A159E5 #E55B59 #9DE559 #59E3E5

split-complementary

#A159E5 #E3E559 #59E55B

monochromatic

#641AA9 #8324DD #A159E5 #BF8EED #DDC3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#A159E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#A159E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159E5

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159E5	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.206 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18bee',
    500: '#a159e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159e5;
$custom-light: #c18bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.857,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61219,
    "c": 0.20649,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159E5

secondary

#CCE6B3

accent

#D51070

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159E5

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

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