#A59ADA#A59ADA

#A59ADA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.093 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59ADA
RGB	rgb(165, 154, 218)
HSL	hsl(250, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(250, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 29.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, 17.58, -31.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 35.72, 299.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% 0.0343 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.093 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7245, 36.1719, 71.2051)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59ADA #CFDA9A

analogous

#9AAFDA #A59ADA #C59ADA

triadic

#A59ADA #DAA59A #9ADAA5

tetradic

#A59ADA #DA9AAF #CFDA9A #9ADAC5

square

#A59ADA #DA9AAF #CFDA9A #9ADAC5

split-complementary

#A59ADA #DAC59A #AFDA9A

monochromatic

#5743B7 #7D6DCA #A59ADA #CDC7EA #EBE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A59ADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A59ADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59ADA

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59ADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59ADA	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59ada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 154, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.093 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b7e5',
    500: '#a59ada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59ada;
$custom-light: #c0b7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59ada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.313,
    "s": 46.377,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71926,
    "c": 0.09253,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59ADA

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BA2CA1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59ADA

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

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