#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
RGB	rgb(168, 89, 240)
HSL	hsl(271, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(271, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 62.9%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, 59.15, -63.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 86.91, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% 0.1259 -0.1804)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.22 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4455, 21.7611, 84.7541)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##A859F0	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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