#A59CE5#A59CE5

#A59CE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.105 H 289.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59CE5
RGB	rgb(165, 156, 229)
HSL	hsl(247, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(247, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 31.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 19.11, -35.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 40.49, 298.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0344 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.105 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5448, 37.4326, 79.1499)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59CE5 #DCE59C

analogous

#9CB7E5 #A59CE5 #C99CE5

triadic

#A59CE5 #E5A59C #9CE5A5

tetradic

#A59CE5 #E59CB7 #DCE59C #9CE5C9

square

#A59CE5 #E59CB7 #DCE59C #9CE5C9

split-complementary

#A59CE5 #E5C99C #B7E59C

monochromatic

#4D3BCC #796CD8 #A59CE5 #D1CCF2 #E9E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A59CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#A59CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59CE5

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59CE5	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A6E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 156, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.105 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b9ed',
    500: '#a59ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59ce5;
$custom-light: #c1b9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.397,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72804,
    "c": 0.1049,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59CE5

secondary

#EDF0DB

accent

#C61FB1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59CE5

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

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