#A59CD5#A59CD5

#A59CD5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.082 H 291.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59CD5
RGB	rgb(165, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(249, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(249, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, 15.26, -27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 31.76, 298.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.0301 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.082 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4129, 36.5799, 67.9220)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59CD5 #CCD59C

analogous

#9CAFD5 #A59CD5 #C29CD5

triadic

#A59CD5 #D5A59C #9CD5A5

tetradic

#A59CD5 #D59CAF #CCD59C #9CD5C2

square

#A59CD5 #D59CAF #CCD59C #9CD5C2

split-complementary

#A59CD5 #D5C29C #AFD59C

monochromatic

#5949AD #7E71C3 #A59CD5 #CCC7E7 #EBEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A59CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A59CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59CD5

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59CD5	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA4D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA2D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.082 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b9e2',
    500: '#a59cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59cd5;
$custom-light: #c0b9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.474,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.721,
    "c": 0.08239,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59CD5

secondary

#EAEDDE

accent

#B3329F

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59CD5

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

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