#A159ED#A159ED

#A159ED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.215 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159ED
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 237)
HSL	hsl(269, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(269, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 62.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, 56.95, -63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 85.42, 311.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% 0.1171 -0.1806)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.215 303)
XYZ	xyz(33.5529, 20.8363, 82.3585)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159ED #A5ED59

analogous

#595BED #A159ED #EB59ED

triadic

#A159ED #EDA159 #59EDA1

tetradic

#A159ED #ED595B #A5ED59 #59EDEB

square

#A159ED #ED595B #A5ED59 #59EDEB

split-complementary

#A159ED #EDEB59 #5BED59

monochromatic

#6414B8 #8222E7 #A159ED #C090F3 #E0C7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#A159ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#A159ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159ED

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159ED	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B7EEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92799B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.215 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28cf4',
    500: '#a159ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159ed;
$custom-light: #c28cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.189,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61748,
    "c": 0.21524,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.20836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159ED

secondary

#D2EBB7

accent

#DD0976

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159ED

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

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