#A259CD#A259CD

#A259CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.181 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A259CD
RGB	rgb(162, 89, 205)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(278, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, 49.87, -48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 69.52, 315.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.1189 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.181 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4901, 19.2345, 59.9049)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A259CD #84CD59

analogous

#6859CD #A259CD #CD59BE

triadic

#A259CD #CDA259 #59CDA2

tetradic

#A259CD #CD6859 #84CD59 #59BECD

square

#A259CD #CD6859 #84CD59 #59BECD

split-complementary

#A259CD #BECD59 #59CD68

monochromatic

#622884 #8536B3 #A259CD #BC88DB #D7B7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#A259CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#A259CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A259CD

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A259CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A259CD	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3576D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a259cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 89, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.181 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08bdd',
    500: '#a259cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a259cd;
$custom-light: #c08bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a259cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.759,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59838,
    "c": 0.18054,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A259CD

secondary

#BBD8AA

accent

#DD4B81

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A259CD

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

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