#A559E6#A559E6

#A559E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.209 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A559E6
RGB	rgb(165, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 56.21, -59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 81.97, 313.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% 0.1226 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.209 306)
XYZ	xyz(33.3693, 20.8575, 77.1155)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A559E6 #9AE659

analogous

#5E59E6 #A559E6 #E659E1

triadic

#A559E6 #E6A559 #59E6A5

tetradic

#A559E6 #E65E59 #9AE659 #59E1E6

square

#A559E6 #E65E59 #9AE659 #59E1E6

split-complementary

#A559E6 #E1E659 #59E65E

monochromatic

#681AAB #8824DE #A559E6 #C28EEE #DFC3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#A559E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#A559E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A559E6

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A559E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A559E6	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)

#017CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a559e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.209 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48cef',
    500: '#a559e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a559e6;
$custom-light: #c48cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a559e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.34,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61726,
    "c": 0.20857,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.20857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A559E6

secondary

#CBE7B4

accent

#D6106B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A559E6

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

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