#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
RGBrgb(165, 156, 229)
HSLhsl(247, 58%, 75%)
HSVhsv(247, 32%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(27.9%, 31.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.60, 19.11, -35.69)
CIE-LCHlch(67.60, 40.49, 298.17°)
OKLaboklab(72.8% 0.0344 -0.0991)
OKLCHoklch(72.8% 0.105 289.2)
XYZxyz(41.5448, 37.4326, 79.1499)
Luminance0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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
##A59CE51.002.478.498.49
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4921.001.001.00
##0000008.4921.001.001.00

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

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#A59CE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva