#A159EC#A159EC

#A159EC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.214 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159EC
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 236)
HSL	hsl(269, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(269, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 62.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, 56.72, -63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 84.92, 311.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% 0.1172 -0.1792)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.214 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4072, 20.7780, 81.5912)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159EC #A4EC59

analogous

#595AEC #A159EC #EA59EC

triadic

#A159EC #ECA159 #59ECA1

tetradic

#A159EC #EC595A #A4EC59 #59ECEA

square

#A159EC #EC595A #A4EC59 #59ECEA

split-complementary

#A159EC #ECEA59 #5AEC59

monochromatic

#6415B6 #8222E6 #A159EC #C090F2 #DFC7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#A159EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#A159EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159EC

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159EC	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C7DE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93789B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.214 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18cf3',
    500: '#a159ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159ec;
$custom-light: #c18cf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.388,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61681,
    "c": 0.21415,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159EC

secondary

#D1EAB6

accent

#DC0A75

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159EC

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

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