#A59CD0#A59CD0

#A59CD0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.075 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59CD0
RGB	rgb(165, 156, 208)
HSL	hsl(250, 36%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(250, 25%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 25%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 14.10, -25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 29.03, 299.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% 0.0286 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.075 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7881, 36.3299, 64.6311)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59CD0 #C7D09C

analogous

#9CADD0 #A59CD0 #BF9CD0

triadic

#A59CD0 #D0A59C #9CD0A5

tetradic

#A59CD0 #D09CAD #C7D09C #9CD0BF

square

#A59CD0 #D09CAD #C7D09C #9CD0BF

split-complementary

#A59CD0 #D0BF9C #ADD09C

monochromatic

#5D4EA4 #7F73BC #A59CD0 #CBC6E4 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A59CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#A59CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59CD0

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59CD0	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 156, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.075 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b9de',
    500: '#a59cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59cd0;
$custom-light: #c0b9de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.385,
    "s": 35.616,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71891,
    "c": 0.07532,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59CD0

secondary

#E8EBDD

accent

#AE379A

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59CD0

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

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