#A859F3#A859F3

#A859F3 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.223 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A859F3
RGB	rgb(168, 89, 243)
HSL	hsl(271, 87%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(271, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 63.4%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, 59.84, -65.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 88.39, 312.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.1257 -0.1844)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.223 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8949, 21.9408, 87.1206)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A859F3 #A4F359

analogous

#5B59F3 #A859F3 #F359F1

triadic

#A859F3 #F3A859 #59F3A8

tetradic

#A859F3 #F35B59 #A4F359 #59F1F3

square

#A859F3 #F35B59 #A4F359 #59F1F3

split-complementary

#A859F3 #F1F359 #59F35B

monochromatic

#6B0EC3 #8A20EF #A859F3 #C692F7 #E4CBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#A859F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#A859F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A859F3

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A859F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A859F3	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C81F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a859f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 89, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.223 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78cf8',
    500: '#a859f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a859f3;
$custom-light: #c78cf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a859f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.779,
    "s": 86.517,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62912,
    "c": 0.2232,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A859F3

secondary

#D3EEBA

accent

#E30270

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FF

border

#D2CBD7

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A859F3

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

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