#A59CD1#A59CD1

#A59CD1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.077 H 292.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59CD1
RGB	rgb(165, 156, 209)
HSL	hsl(250, 37%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(250, 25%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 25.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, 14.33, -25.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 29.57, 298.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% 0.0289 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.077 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9115, 36.3793, 65.2811)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59CD1 #C8D19C

analogous

#9CAED1 #A59CD1 #C09CD1

triadic

#A59CD1 #D1A59C #9CD1A5

tetradic

#A59CD1 #D19CAE #C8D19C #9CD1C0

square

#A59CD1 #D19CAE #C8D19C #9CD1C0

split-complementary

#A59CD1 #D1C09C #AED19C

monochromatic

#5C4DA6 #7F72BE #A59CD1 #CBC6E4 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A59CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#A59CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59CD1

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59CD1	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA3D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A2D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 156, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.077 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b9df',
    500: '#a59cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59cd1;
$custom-light: #c0b9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.189,
    "s": 36.552,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71932,
    "c": 0.07674,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59CD1

secondary

#E9EBDE

accent

#AF369B

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59CD1

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

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