#A859DB#A859DB

#A859DB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.198 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A859DB
RGB	rgb(168, 89, 219)
HSL	hsl(276, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(276, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 59.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 54.43, -53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 76.61, 315.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% 0.1266 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.198 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5046, 20.5847, 69.2650)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A859DB #8CDB59

analogous

#6759DB #A859DB #DB59CD

triadic

#A859DB #DBA859 #59DBA8

tetradic

#A859DB #DB6759 #8CDB59 #59CDDB

square

#A859DB #DB6759 #8CDB59 #59CDDB

split-complementary

#A859DB #CDDB59 #59DB67

monochromatic

#6A2199 #8D2CCB #A859DB #C28BE6 #DDBEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#A859DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#A859DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A859DB

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A859DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A859DB	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267ADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A7FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A17292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a859db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 89, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.198 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58ce7',
    500: '#a859db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a859db;
$custom-light: #c58ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a859db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.462,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61374,
    "c": 0.19765,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A859DB

secondary

#C3E1AF

accent

#CC195F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A859DB

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

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