#A659E8#A659E8

#A659E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.211 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A659E8
RGB	rgb(166, 89, 232)
HSL	hsl(272, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 61.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, 56.89, -60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 82.97, 313.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% 0.1238 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.211 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8606, 21.0782, 78.6130)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A659E8 #9BE859

analogous

#5F59E8 #A659E8 #E859E2

triadic

#A659E8 #E8A659 #59E8A6

tetradic

#A659E8 #E85F59 #9BE859 #59E2E8

square

#A659E8 #E85F59 #9BE859 #59E2E8

split-complementary

#A659E8 #E2E859 #59E85F

monochromatic

#6918AE #8923E1 #A659E8 #C38FEF #E0C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#A659E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#A659E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A659E8

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A659E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A659E8	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a659e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 89, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.211 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58cf0',
    500: '#a659e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a659e8;
$custom-light: #c58cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a659e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61967,
    "c": 0.21097,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A659E8

secondary

#CCE8B5

accent

#D80E6B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A659E8

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

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