#A859EB#A859EB

#A859EB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.215 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A859EB
RGB	rgb(168, 89, 235)
HSL	hsl(272, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 62.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, 58.01, -61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 84.46, 313.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% 0.1262 -0.1737)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.215 306)
XYZ	xyz(34.7130, 21.4680, 80.8962)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A859EB #9CEB59

analogous

#5F59EB #A859EB #EB59E5

triadic

#A859EB #EBA859 #59EBA8

tetradic

#A859EB #EB5F59 #9CEB59 #59E5EB

square

#A859EB #EB5F59 #9CEB59 #59E5EB

split-complementary

#A859EB #E5EB59 #59EB5F

monochromatic

#6B16B4 #8B22E4 #A859EB #C590F2 #E1C6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#A859EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#A859EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A859EB

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A859EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A859EB	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3980E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D779A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a859eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 89, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.215 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68cf2',
    500: '#a859eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a859eb;
$custom-light: #c68cf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a859eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.466,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62385,
    "c": 0.21469,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.21468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A859EB

secondary

#CEEAB6

accent

#DB0B6A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A859EB

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

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