#A859EC#A859EC

#A859EC is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.216 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A859EC
RGB	rgb(168, 89, 236)
HSL	hsl(272, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 62.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, 58.24, -61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 84.95, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% 0.1262 -0.175)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.216 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8579, 21.5260, 81.6592)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A859EC #9DEC59

analogous

#5E59EC #A859EC #EC59E6

triadic

#A859EC #ECA859 #59ECA8

tetradic

#A859EC #EC5E59 #9DEC59 #59E6EC

square

#A859EC #EC5E59 #9DEC59 #59E6EC

split-complementary

#A859EC #E6EC59 #59EC5E

monochromatic

#6B15B6 #8B22E6 #A859EC #C590F2 #E2C7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#A859EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#A859EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A859EC

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A859EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A859EC	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3780E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C779B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a859ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 89, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.216 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68cf3',
    500: '#a859ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a859ec;
$custom-light: #c68cf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a859ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.245,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6245,
    "c": 0.21576,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A859EC

secondary

#CEEAB6

accent

#DC0A6B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A859EC

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

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