#A159FF#A159FF

#A159FF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.235 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159FF
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 255)
HSL	hsl(266, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 65.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, 61.25, -71.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 94.34, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% 0.1156 -0.2044)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.235 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3158, 21.9414, 96.9102)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159FF #B7FF59

analogous

#5964FF #A159FF #F459FF

triadic

#A159FF #FFA159 #59FFA1

tetradic

#A159FF #FF5964 #B7FF59 #59FFF4

square

#A159FF #FF5964 #B7FF59 #59FFF4

split-complementary

#A159FF #FFF459 #64FF59

monochromatic

#6000DE #7E1CFF #A159FF #C496FF #E6D3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#A159FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#A159FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159FF

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159FF	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0081FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0080FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.235 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38cff',
    500: '#a159ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159ff;
$custom-light: #c38cff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.024,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62988,
    "c": 0.23479,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159FF

secondary

#DDF4C0

accent

#E60082

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FF

border

#D1CBD7

text

#130C18

muted

#827D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159FF

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

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