#A59CD7#A59CD7

#A59CD7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.085 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59CD7
RGB	rgb(165, 156, 215)
HSL	hsl(249, 42%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(249, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 27.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, 15.73, -28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 32.85, 298.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0307 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.085 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6683, 36.6820, 69.2672)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59CD7 #CED79C

analogous

#9CB0D7 #A59CD7 #C39CD7

triadic

#A59CD7 #D7A59C #9CD7A5

tetradic

#A59CD7 #D79CB0 #CED79C #9CD7C3

square

#A59CD7 #D79CB0 #CED79C #9CD7C3

split-complementary

#A59CD7 #D7C39C #B0D79C

monochromatic

#5848B1 #7D70C5 #A59CD7 #CDC8E9 #EBE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A59CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#A59CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59CD7

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59CD7	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA4D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 156, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.085 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b9e3',
    500: '#a59cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59cd7;
$custom-light: #c0b9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.153,
    "s": 42.446,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72185,
    "c": 0.08522,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59CD7

secondary

#EBEDDE

accent

#B630A1

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59CD7

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

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