#A459A5#A459A5

#A459A5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.140 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A459A5
RGB	rgb(164, 89, 165)
HSL	hsl(299, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(299, 46%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 46.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.20, 42.18, -27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.20, 50.62, 326.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% 0.1168 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.14 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6733, 17.7552, 37.6648)
Luminance	0.1775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A459A5 #5AA559

analogous

#7E59A5 #A459A5 #A55980

triadic

#A459A5 #A5A459 #59A5A4

tetradic

#A459A5 #A57E59 #5AA559 #5980A5

square

#A459A5 #A57E59 #5AA559 #5980A5

split-complementary

#A459A5 #80A559 #59A57E

monochromatic

#552E55 #7C447D #A459A5 #BA80BB #D0A8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#A459A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#A459A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A459A5

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A459A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A459A5	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#526FA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6778A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a459a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 89, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.140 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18ac0',
    500: '#a459a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a459a5;
$custom-light: #c18ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a459a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.211,
    "s": 29.921,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57936,
    "c": 0.13968,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A459A5

secondary

#9CBE9C

accent

#C66263

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F7

border

#D1CBD0

text

#120C12

muted

#817D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A459A5

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

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