#A859BF#A859BF

#A859BF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.168 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A859BF
RGB	rgb(168, 89, 191)
HSL	hsl(286, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(286, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 53.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, 48.47, -40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 63.06, 320.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% 0.1253 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.168 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1235, 19.2323, 51.4582)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A859BF #70BF59

analogous

#7559BF #A859BF #BF59A3

triadic

#A859BF #BFA859 #59BFA8

tetradic

#A859BF #BF7559 #70BF59 #59A3BF

square

#A859BF #BF7559 #70BF59 #59A3BF

split-complementary

#A859BF #A3BF59 #59BF75

monochromatic

#622C72 #883D9E #A859BF #BF85D0 #D6B1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#A859BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#A859BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A859BF

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A859BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A859BF	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4474C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a859bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 89, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.168 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48bd3',
    500: '#a859bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a859bf;
$custom-light: #c48bd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a859bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.471,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59754,
    "c": 0.16817,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A859BF

secondary

#AECFA4

accent

#D45471

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#130C14

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A859BF

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

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