#A659E6#A659E6

#A659E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.209 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A659E6
RGB	rgb(166, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(273, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.91, 56.43, -59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.91, 81.98, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% 0.1239 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.209 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5782, 20.9652, 77.1253)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A659E6 #99E659

analogous

#6059E6 #A659E6 #E659DF

triadic

#A659E6 #E6A659 #59E6A6

tetradic

#A659E6 #E66059 #99E659 #59DFE6

square

#A659E6 #E66059 #99E659 #59DFE6

split-complementary

#A659E6 #DFE659 #59E660

monochromatic

#691AAB #8924DE #A659E6 #C38EEE #DFC3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#A659E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#A659E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A659E6

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A659E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A659E6	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#047CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a659e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.209 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48cef',
    500: '#a659e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a659e6;
$custom-light: #c48cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a659e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.766,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61838,
    "c": 0.20882,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A659E6

secondary

#CBE7B4

accent

#D6106A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A659E6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →