#A59DDD#A59DDD

#A59DDD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.092 H 289.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59DDD
RGB	rgb(165, 157, 221)
HSL	hsl(248, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(248, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 29%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 16.60, -31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 35.52, 297.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% 0.031 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.092 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6220, 37.3331, 73.4584)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59DDD #D5DD9D

analogous

#9DB5DD #A59DDD #C59DDD

triadic

#A59DDD #DDA59D #9DDDA5

tetradic

#A59DDD #DD9DB5 #D5DD9D #9DDDC5

square

#A59DDD #DD9DB5 #D5DD9D #9DDDC5

split-complementary

#A59DDD #DDC59D #B5DD9D

monochromatic

#5242BD #7B70CD #A59DDD #CFCAED #EAE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A59DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#A59DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59DDD

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59DDD	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 157, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.092 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b9e7',
    500: '#a59ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59ddd;
$custom-light: #c1b9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 48.485,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72639,
    "c": 0.09216,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59DDD

secondary

#ECEEDD

accent

#BC2AAA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59DDD

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

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