#A859CD#A859CD

#A859CD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.183 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A859CD
RGB	rgb(168, 89, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(281, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, 51.40, -47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 69.79, 317.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% 0.1263 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.183 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7384, 19.8782, 59.9634)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A859CD #7ECD59

analogous

#6E59CD #A859CD #CD59B8

triadic

#A859CD #CDA859 #59CDA8

tetradic

#A859CD #CD6E59 #7ECD59 #59B8CD

square

#A859CD #CD6E59 #7ECD59 #59B8CD

split-complementary

#A859CD #B8CD59 #59CD6E

monochromatic

#662884 #8B36B3 #A859CD #C188DB #D9B7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#A859CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#A859CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A859CD

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A859CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A859CD	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3877D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a859cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 89, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.183 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58bdd',
    500: '#a859cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a859cd;
$custom-light: #c58bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a859cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.862,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60539,
    "c": 0.18281,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A859CD

secondary

#B8D8AA

accent

#DD4B79

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A859CD

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

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