#A559D5#A559D5

#A559D5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.190 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A559D5
RGB	rgb(165, 89, 213)
HSL	hsl(277, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(277, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 58.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.78, 52.38, -51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.78, 73.58, 315.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% 0.1228 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.19 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0974, 19.9488, 65.1502)
Luminance	0.1995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A559D5 #89D559

analogous

#6759D5 #A559D5 #D559C7

triadic

#A559D5 #D5A559 #59D5A5

tetradic

#A559D5 #D56759 #89D559 #59C7D5

square

#A559D5 #D56759 #89D559 #59C7D5

split-complementary

#A559D5 #C7D559 #59D567

monochromatic

#66248F #8931C0 #A559D5 #BF8AE1 #DABBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#A559D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#A559D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A559D5

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A559D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A559D5	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D78D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C7DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F708F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a559d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 89, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.190 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38be2',
    500: '#a559d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a559d5;
$custom-light: #c38be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a559d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.774,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60663,
    "c": 0.19023,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A559D5

secondary

#BFDDAD

accent

#E34582

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A559D5

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

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