#A859ED#A859ED

#A859ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.217 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A859ED
RGB	rgb(168, 89, 237)
HSL	hsl(272, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 62.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, 58.47, -62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 85.44, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.1261 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.217 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0036, 21.5843, 82.4265)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A859ED #9EED59

analogous

#5E59ED #A859ED #ED59E8

triadic

#A859ED #EDA859 #59EDA8

tetradic

#A859ED #ED5E59 #9EED59 #59E8ED

square

#A859ED #ED5E59 #9EED59 #59E8ED

split-complementary

#A859ED #E8ED59 #59ED5E

monochromatic

#6B14B8 #8B22E7 #A859ED #C590F3 #E2C7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#A859ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#A859ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A859ED

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A859ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A859ED	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3680EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C789B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a859ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 89, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.217 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68cf4',
    500: '#a859ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a859ed;
$custom-light: #c68cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a859ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.027,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62516,
    "c": 0.21682,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A859ED

secondary

#CFEBB7

accent

#DD096C

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A859ED

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

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