#A579F6#A579F6

#A579F6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.181 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A579F6
RGB	rgb(165, 121, 246)
HSL	hsl(261, 87%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(261, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 50.8%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.18, 43.12, -56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.18, 71.28, 307.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% 0.0838 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.181 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9849, 28.3274, 90.5847)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A579F6 #CAF679

analogous

#798CF6 #A579F6 #E479F6

triadic

#A579F6 #F6A579 #79F6A5

tetradic

#A579F6 #F6798C #CAF679 #79F6E4

square

#A579F6 #F6798C #CAF679 #79F6E4

split-complementary

#A579F6 #F6E479 #8CF679

monochromatic

#5B0FE5 #7E40F2 #A579F6 #CCB2FA #ECE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#A579F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#A579F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A579F6

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A579F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A579F6	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B91FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5690F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9391AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a579f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 121, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.181 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a1fa',
    500: '#a579f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a579f6;
$custom-light: #c3a1fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a579f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.12,
    "s": 87.413,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67457,
    "c": 0.18081,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A579F6

secondary

#EAF5D6

accent

#E40294

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A579F6

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

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