#A59CD6#A59CD6

#A59CD6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.084 H 291.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59CD6
RGB	rgb(165, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(249, 41%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(249, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, 15.50, -28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 32.31, 298.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% 0.0304 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.084 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5402, 36.6308, 68.5926)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59CD6 #CDD69C

analogous

#9CB0D6 #A59CD6 #C29CD6

triadic

#A59CD6 #D6A59C #9CD6A5

tetradic

#A59CD6 #D69CB0 #CDD69C #9CD6C2

square

#A59CD6 #D69CB0 #CDD69C #9CD6C2

split-complementary

#A59CD6 #D6C29C #B0D69C

monochromatic

#5849AF #7E71C4 #A59CD6 #CCC7E8 #EBE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A59CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#A59CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59CD6

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59CD6	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA4D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.084 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b9e2',
    500: '#a59cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59cd6;
$custom-light: #c0b9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.31,
    "s": 41.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72142,
    "c": 0.0838,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59CD6

secondary

#EBEDDE

accent

#B431A0

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59CD6

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

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