#A559E5#A559E5

#A559E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.207 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A559E5
RGB	rgb(165, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 55.98, -59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 81.48, 313.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% 0.1227 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.207 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2293, 20.8015, 76.3781)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A559E5 #99E559

analogous

#5F59E5 #A559E5 #E559DF

triadic

#A559E5 #E5A559 #59E5A5

tetradic

#A559E5 #E55F59 #99E559 #59DFE5

square

#A559E5 #E55F59 #99E559 #59DFE5

split-complementary

#A559E5 #DFE559 #59E55F

monochromatic

#681AA9 #8824DD #A559E5 #C28EED #DEC3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#A559E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#A559E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A559E5

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A559E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A559E5	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#067BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a559e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.207 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48cee',
    500: '#a559e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a559e5;
$custom-light: #c48cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a559e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.571,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61662,
    "c": 0.20749,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A559E5

secondary

#CBE6B3

accent

#D5106A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A559E5

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

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