#A159F2#A159F2

#A159F2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.221 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159F2
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 242)
HSL	hsl(268, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(268, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 63.2%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, 58.13, -65.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 87.90, 311.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% 0.1168 -0.1872)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.221 302)
XYZ	xyz(34.2936, 21.1325, 86.2595)
Luminance	0.2113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159F2 #AAF259

analogous

#595EF2 #A159F2 #ED59F2

triadic

#A159F2 #F2A159 #59F2A1

tetradic

#A159F2 #F2595E #AAF259 #59F2ED

square

#A159F2 #F2595E #AAF259 #59F2ED

split-complementary

#A159F2 #F2ED59 #5EF259

monochromatic

#630FC1 #8120EE #A159F2 #C192F6 #E1CBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#A159F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#A159F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159F2

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159F2	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#207EEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.221 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28cf7',
    500: '#a159f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159f2;
$custom-light: #c28cf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 85.475,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62085,
    "c": 0.22069,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.21133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159F2

secondary

#D5EDB9

accent

#E20479

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FF

border

#D1CBD7

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159F2

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

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