#A959BF#A959BF

#A959BF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.169 H 318.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A959BF
RGB	rgb(169, 89, 191)
HSL	hsl(287, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(287, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 53.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, 48.75, -40.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 63.14, 320.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% 0.1265 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.169 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3373, 19.3425, 51.4682)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A959BF #6FBF59

analogous

#7659BF #A959BF #BF59A2

triadic

#A959BF #BFA959 #59BFA9

tetradic

#A959BF #BF7659 #6FBF59 #59A2BF

square

#A959BF #BF7659 #6FBF59 #59A2BF

split-complementary

#A959BF #A2BF59 #59BF76

monochromatic

#632C72 #893D9E #A959BF #C085D0 #D7B1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#A959BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#A959BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A959BF

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A959BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A959BF	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4574C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a959bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 89, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.169 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58bd3',
    500: '#a959bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a959bf;
$custom-light: #c58bd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a959bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.059,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59876,
    "c": 0.16865,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A959BF

secondary

#AECFA4

accent

#D4546F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#130C14

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A959BF

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

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