#A859F0#A859F0

#A859F0 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.220 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A859F0
RGBrgb(168, 89, 240)
HSLhsl(271, 83%, 65%)
HSVhsv(271, 63%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(30%, 62.9%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LABlab(53.77, 59.15, -63.68)
CIE-LCHlch(53.77, 86.91, 312.89°)
OKLaboklab(62.71% 0.1259 -0.1804)
OKLCHoklch(62.71% 0.22 304.9)
XYZxyz(35.4455, 21.7611, 84.7541)
Luminance0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A859F0 #A1F059
analogous
#5D59F0 #A859F0 #F059EC
triadic
#A859F0 #F0A859 #59F0A8
tetradic
#A859F0 #F05D59 #A1F059 #59ECF0
square
#A859F0 #F05D59 #A1F059 #59ECF0
split-complementary
#A859F0 #ECF059 #59F05D
monochromatic
#6B11BD #8B21EB #A859F0 #C591F5 #E3C9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92
#A859F0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35
#A859F0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A859F0
5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A859F0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A859F01.003.925.355.35
#FFFFFF3.921.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3521.001.001.00
##0000005.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#007EF5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3181ED
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9B799D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a859f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 89, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.220 304.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68cf6',
    500: '#a859f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a859f0;
$custom-light: #c68cf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a859f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.391,
    "s": 83.425,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62713,
    "c": 0.22001,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A859F0
secondary
#D1ECB8
accent
#E0066E
background
#FCF8FF
surface
#F9F0FF
border
#D2CBD7
text
#130C17
muted
#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A859F0

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#A859F0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva