#A459E6#A459E6

#A459E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.208 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A459E6
RGB	rgb(164, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 55.98, -59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 81.96, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% 0.1213 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.208 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1621, 20.7507, 77.1058)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A459E6 #9BE659

analogous

#5E59E6 #A459E6 #E659E1

triadic

#A459E6 #E6A459 #59E6A4

tetradic

#A459E6 #E65E59 #9BE659 #59E1E6

square

#A459E6 #E65E59 #9BE659 #59E1E6

split-complementary

#A459E6 #E1E659 #59E65E

monochromatic

#671AAB #8724DE #A459E6 #C18EEE #DEC3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#A459E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#A459E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A459E6

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A459E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A459E6	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a459e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.208 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38cef',
    500: '#a459e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a459e6;
$custom-light: #c38cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a459e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.915,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61615,
    "c": 0.20832,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A459E6

secondary

#CCE7B4

accent

#D6106C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A459E6

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

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