#A859EA#A859EA

#A859EA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.214 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A859EA
RGB	rgb(168, 89, 234)
HSL	hsl(273, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 62%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, 57.79, -60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 83.97, 313.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% 0.1263 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.214 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5689, 21.4104, 80.1374)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A859EA #9BEA59

analogous

#5F59EA #A859EA #EA59E3

triadic

#A859EA #EAA859 #59EAA8

tetradic

#A859EA #EA5F59 #9BEA59 #59E3EA

square

#A859EA #EA5F59 #9BEA59 #59E3EA

split-complementary

#A859EA #E3EA59 #59EA5F

monochromatic

#6B17B2 #8C23E3 #A859EA #C48FF1 #E1C6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#A859EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#A859EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A859EA

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A859EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A859EA	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A80E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D779A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a859ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 89, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.214 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68cf1',
    500: '#a859ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a859ea;
$custom-light: #c68cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a859ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.69,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6232,
    "c": 0.21363,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A859EA

secondary

#CDE9B6

accent

#DA0C6A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A859EA

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

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