#A559CD#A559CD

#A559CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.182 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A559CD
RGB	rgb(165, 89, 205)
HSL	hsl(279, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(279, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, 50.63, -47.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 69.65, 316.63°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% 0.1226 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.182 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1069, 19.5526, 59.9338)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A559CD #81CD59

analogous

#6B59CD #A559CD #CD59BB

triadic

#A559CD #CDA559 #59CDA5

tetradic

#A559CD #CD6B59 #81CD59 #59BBCD

square

#A559CD #CD6B59 #81CD59 #59BBCD

split-complementary

#A559CD #BBCD59 #59CD6B

monochromatic

#642884 #8836B3 #A559CD #BE88DB #D8B7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#A559CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#A559CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A559CD

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A559CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A559CD	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3676D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527CCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a559cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 89, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.182 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28bdd',
    500: '#a559cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a559cd;
$custom-light: #c28bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a559cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.31,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60187,
    "c": 0.18164,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A559CD

secondary

#BAD8AA

accent

#DD4B7D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A559CD

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

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