#A859FA#A859FA

#A859FA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.231 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A859FA
RGB	rgb(168, 89, 250)
HSL	hsl(269, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(269, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 64.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, 61.46, -68.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 91.81, 312.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.1252 -0.1937)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.231 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9721, 22.3717, 92.7943)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A859FA #ABFA59

analogous

#595BFA #A859FA #F959FA

triadic

#A859FA #FAA859 #59FAA8

tetradic

#A859FA #FA595B #ABFA59 #59FAF9

square

#A859FA #FA595B #ABFA59 #59FAF9

split-complementary

#A859FA #FAF959 #5BFA59

monochromatic

#6A06D2 #891EF8 #A859FA #C794FC #E6D0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#A859FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#A859FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A859FA

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A859FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A859FA	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0081FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C82F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987DA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a859fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 89, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.231 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78cfd',
    500: '#a859fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a859fa;
$custom-light: #c78cfd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a859fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.441,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63385,
    "c": 0.23063,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A859FA

secondary

#D8F1BD

accent

#E60075

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FF

border

#D2CBD7

text

#140C18

muted

#827D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #A859FA

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

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