#A159F3#A159F3

#A159F3 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.222 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159F3
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 243)
HSL	hsl(268, 87%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(268, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 63.4%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.16, 58.37, -66.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.16, 88.40, 311.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% 0.1167 -0.1886)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.222 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4442, 21.1928, 87.0526)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159F3 #ABF359

analogous

#595EF3 #A159F3 #EE59F3

triadic

#A159F3 #F3A159 #59F3A1

tetradic

#A159F3 #F3595E #ABF359 #59F3EE

square

#A159F3 #F3595E #ABF359 #59F3EE

split-complementary

#A159F3 #F3EE59 #5EF359

monochromatic

#630EC3 #8120EF #A159F3 #C192F7 #E2CBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#A159F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#A159F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159F3

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159F3	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D7EF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.222 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28cf8',
    500: '#a159f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159f3;
$custom-light: #c28cf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.052,
    "s": 86.517,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62153,
    "c": 0.22177,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159F3

secondary

#D6EEBA

accent

#E3027A

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FF

border

#D1CBD7

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159F3

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

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