#A59CD9#A59CD9

#A59CD9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.088 H 290.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59CD9
RGB	rgb(165, 156, 217)
HSL	hsl(249, 45%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(249, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, 16.21, -29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 33.95, 298.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0312 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.088 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9269, 36.7854, 70.6289)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59CD9 #D0D99C

analogous

#9CB1D9 #A59CD9 #C39CD9

triadic

#A59CD9 #D9A59C #9CD9A5

tetradic

#A59CD9 #D99CB1 #D0D99C #9CD9C3

square

#A59CD9 #D99CB1 #D0D99C #9CD9C3

split-complementary

#A59CD9 #D9C39C #B1D99C

monochromatic

#5646B5 #7D70C8 #A59CD9 #CDC8EA #EBE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A59CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#A59CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59CD9

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59CD9	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 156, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.088 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b9e5',
    500: '#a59cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59cd9;
$custom-light: #c0b9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.852,
    "s": 44.526,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72271,
    "c": 0.08804,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59CD9

secondary

#EBEDDE

accent

#B82EA3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121115

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59CD9

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

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