#A559E8#A559E8

#A559E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.211 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A559E8
RGB	rgb(165, 89, 232)
HSL	hsl(272, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 61.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.92, 56.66, -60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.92, 82.96, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% 0.1225 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.211 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6518, 20.9705, 78.6032)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A559E8 #9CE859

analogous

#5D59E8 #A559E8 #E859E3

triadic

#A559E8 #E8A559 #59E8A5

tetradic

#A559E8 #E85D59 #9CE859 #59E3E8

square

#A559E8 #E85D59 #9CE859 #59E3E8

split-complementary

#A559E8 #E3E859 #59E85D

monochromatic

#6818AE #8823E1 #A559E8 #C28FEF #DFC5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#A559E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#A559E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A559E8

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A559E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A559E8	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a559e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 89, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.211 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48cf0',
    500: '#a559e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a559e8;
$custom-light: #c48cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a559e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.888,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61856,
    "c": 0.21073,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A559E8

secondary

#CDE8B5

accent

#D80E6C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A559E8

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

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