#A659E5#A659E5

#A659E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.208 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A659E5
RGB	rgb(166, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 56.20, -59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 81.49, 313.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% 0.1239 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.208 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4381, 20.9092, 76.3879)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A659E5 #98E559

analogous

#6059E5 #A659E5 #E559DE

triadic

#A659E5 #E5A659 #59E5A6

tetradic

#A659E5 #E56059 #98E559 #59DEE5

square

#A659E5 #E56059 #98E559 #59DEE5

split-complementary

#A659E5 #DEE559 #59E560

monochromatic

#691AA9 #8A24DD #A659E5 #C28EED #DFC3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#A659E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#A659E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A659E5

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A659E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A659E5	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#097CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C7597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a659e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.208 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48cee',
    500: '#a659e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a659e5;
$custom-light: #c48cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a659e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61774,
    "c": 0.20775,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A659E5

secondary

#CAE6B3

accent

#D51069

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A659E5

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

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