#A459E8#A459E8

#A459E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.210 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A459E8
RGB	rgb(164, 89, 232)
HSL	hsl(271, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(271, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 61.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, 56.44, -60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 82.95, 312.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% 0.1213 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.21 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4445, 20.8637, 78.5935)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A459E8 #9DE859

analogous

#5D59E8 #A459E8 #E859E4

triadic

#A459E8 #E8A459 #59E8A4

tetradic

#A459E8 #E85D59 #9DE859 #59E4E8

square

#A459E8 #E85D59 #9DE859 #59E4E8

split-complementary

#A459E8 #E4E859 #59E85D

monochromatic

#6718AE #8723E1 #A459E8 #C18FEF #DFC5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#A459E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#A459E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A459E8

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A459E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A459E8	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a459e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 89, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.210 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38cf0',
    500: '#a459e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a459e8;
$custom-light: #c38cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a459e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.469,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61745,
    "c": 0.21047,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A459E8

secondary

#CDE8B5

accent

#D80E6E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A459E8

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

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