#A859EF#A859EF

#A859EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.219 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A859EF
RGB	rgb(168, 89, 239)
HSL	hsl(272, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 62.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, 58.92, -63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 86.42, 312.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% 0.126 -0.1791)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.219 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2974, 21.7018, 83.9740)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A859EF #A0EF59

analogous

#5D59EF #A859EF #EF59EB

triadic

#A859EF #EFA859 #59EFA8

tetradic

#A859EF #EF5D59 #A0EF59 #59EBEF

square

#A859EF #EF5D59 #A0EF59 #59EBEF

split-complementary

#A859EF #EBEF59 #59EF5D

monochromatic

#6B12BC #8B21EA #A859EF #C591F4 #E3C9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#A859EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#A859EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A859EF

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A859EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A859EF	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3381EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B799C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a859ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 89, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.219 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68cf5',
    500: '#a859ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a859ef;
$custom-light: #c68cf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a859ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.6,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62647,
    "c": 0.21895,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A859EF

secondary

#D1ECB8

accent

#DF076D

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A859EF

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

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