#A959CE#A959CE

#A959CE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.184 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A959CE
RGB	rgb(169, 89, 206)
HSL	hsl(281, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(281, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 56.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, 51.86, -47.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 70.32, 317.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% 0.1276 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.184 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0733, 20.0369, 60.6112)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A959CE #7ECE59

analogous

#6E59CE #A959CE #CE59B8

triadic

#A959CE #CEA959 #59CEA9

tetradic

#A959CE #CE6E59 #7ECE59 #59B8CE

square

#A959CE #CE6E59 #7ECE59 #59B8CE

split-complementary

#A959CE #B8CE59 #59CE6E

monochromatic

#682785 #8C35B5 #A959CE #C188DC #DAB8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#A959CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#A959CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A959CE

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A959CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A959CE	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3877D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a959ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 89, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.184 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58bdd',
    500: '#a959ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a959ce;
$custom-light: #c58bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a959ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.026,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60715,
    "c": 0.18425,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A959CE

secondary

#B9D9AA

accent

#DE4A79

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A959CE

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

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