#A159EA#A159EA

#A159EA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.212 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159EA
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 234)
HSL	hsl(270, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 62%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, 56.25, -62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 83.92, 312.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% 0.1173 -0.1765)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.212 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1182, 20.6624, 80.0694)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159EA #A2EA59

analogous

#5959EA #A159EA #E959EA

triadic

#A159EA #EAA159 #59EAA1

tetradic

#A159EA #EA5959 #A2EA59 #59EAE9

square

#A159EA #EA5959 #A2EA59 #59EAE9

split-complementary

#A159EA #EAE959 #59EA59

monochromatic

#6417B2 #8223E3 #A159EA #C08FF1 #DFC6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#A159EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#A159EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159EA

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159EA	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#307DE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.212 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18cf1',
    500: '#a159ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159ea;
$custom-light: #c18cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.793,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61548,
    "c": 0.21196,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159EA

secondary

#D0E9B6

accent

#DA0C73

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159EA

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

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