#A159E7#A159E7

#A159E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.209 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159E7
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 231)
HSL	hsl(270, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 61.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, 55.54, -60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 82.43, 312.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% 0.1175 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.209 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6909, 20.4915, 77.8188)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159E7 #9FE759

analogous

#5A59E7 #A159E7 #E759E6

triadic

#A159E7 #E7A159 #59E7A1

tetradic

#A159E7 #E75A59 #9FE759 #59E6E7

square

#A159E7 #E75A59 #9FE759 #59E6E7

split-complementary

#A159E7 #E6E759 #59E75A

monochromatic

#6419AD #8324DF #A159E7 #BF8EEF #DEC4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#A159E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#A159E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159E7

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159E7	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.209 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18bef',
    500: '#a159e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159e7;
$custom-light: #c18bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.423,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6135,
    "c": 0.20868,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159E7

secondary

#CEE8B4

accent

#D70F71

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159E7

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

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