#A559BE#A559BE

#A559BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.166 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A559BE
RGB	rgb(165, 89, 190)
HSL	hsl(285, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(285, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 53.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, 47.45, -40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 62.36, 319.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% 0.1215 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.166 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3824, 18.8628, 50.8510)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A559BE #72BE59

analogous

#7359BE #A559BE #BE59A4

triadic

#A559BE #BEA559 #59BEA5

tetradic

#A559BE #BE7359 #72BE59 #59A4BE

square

#A559BE #BE7359 #72BE59 #59A4BE

split-complementary

#A559BE #A4BE59 #59BE73

monochromatic

#602C71 #853D9D #A559BE #BD85CF #D5B1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#A559BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#A559BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A559BE

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A559BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A559BE	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4373C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a559be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 89, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.166 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28bd2',
    500: '#a559be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a559be;
$custom-light: #c28bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a559be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.149,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59338,
    "c": 0.1657,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A559BE

secondary

#AFCFA4

accent

#D35474

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A559BE

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

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