#A859CA#A859CA

#A859CA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.180 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A859CA
RGB	rgb(168, 89, 202)
HSL	hsl(282, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 55.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, 50.76, -45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 68.34, 317.97°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.1261 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.18 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3798, 19.7348, 58.0745)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A859CA #7BCA59

analogous

#7059CA #A859CA #CA59B4

triadic

#A859CA #CAA859 #59CAA8

tetradic

#A859CA #CA7059 #7BCA59 #59B4CA

square

#A859CA #CA7059 #7BCA59 #59B4CA

split-complementary

#A859CA #B4CA59 #59CA70

monochromatic

#662980 #8B38AE #A859CA #C087D9 #D9B6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#A859CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#A859CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A859CA

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A859CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A859CA	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B76CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a859ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 89, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.180 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48bda',
    500: '#a859ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a859ca;
$custom-light: #c48bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a859ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.947,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60367,
    "c": 0.17964,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A859CA

secondary

#B6D6A8

accent

#DB4D78

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A859CA

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

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