#A859E6#A859E6

#A859E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.209 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A859E6
RGB	rgb(168, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(274, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, 56.88, -59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 82.01, 313.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.1264 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.209 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0008, 21.1832, 77.1451)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A859E6 #97E659

analogous

#6159E6 #A859E6 #E659DE

triadic

#A859E6 #E6A859 #59E6A8

tetradic

#A859E6 #E66159 #97E659 #59DEE6

square

#A859E6 #E66159 #97E659 #59DEE6

split-complementary

#A859E6 #DEE659 #59E661

monochromatic

#6B1AAB #8C24DE #A859E6 #C48EEE #E0C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#A859E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#A859E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A859E6

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A859E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A859E6	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#097CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F80E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a859e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.209 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68cef',
    500: '#a859e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a859e6;
$custom-light: #c68cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a859e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.617,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62063,
    "c": 0.20937,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A859E6

secondary

#CAE7B4

accent

#D61067

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A859E6

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

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