#A959CD#A959CD

#A959CD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.183 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A959CD
RGB	rgb(169, 89, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(281, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 51.65, -47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 69.84, 317.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% 0.1275 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.183 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9522, 19.9884, 59.9734)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A959CD #7DCD59

analogous

#6F59CD #A959CD #CD59B7

triadic

#A959CD #CDA959 #59CDA9

tetradic

#A959CD #CD6F59 #7DCD59 #59B7CD

square

#A959CD #CD6F59 #7DCD59 #59B7CD

split-complementary

#A959CD #B7CD59 #59CD6F

monochromatic

#672884 #8C36B3 #A959CD #C188DB #DAB7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#A959CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#A959CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A959CD

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A959CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A959CD	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3977D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a959cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 89, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.183 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58bdd',
    500: '#a959cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a959cd;
$custom-light: #c58bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a959cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.379,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60658,
    "c": 0.18321,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A959CD

secondary

#B8D8AA

accent

#DD4B78

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A959CD

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

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