#A959DD#A959DD

#A959DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.200 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A959DD
RGB	rgb(169, 89, 221)
HSL	hsl(276, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(276, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 59.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 55.11, -54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 77.62, 315.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% 0.1279 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.2 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9832, 20.8008, 70.6700)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A959DD #8DDD59

analogous

#6759DD #A959DD #DD59CF

triadic

#A959DD #DDA959 #59DDA9

tetradic

#A959DD #DD6759 #8DDD59 #59CFDD

square

#A959DD #DD6759 #8DDD59 #59CFDD

split-complementary

#A959DD #CFDD59 #59DD67

monochromatic

#6B209C #8E2ACF #A959DD #C38CE7 #DEBFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#A959DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#A959DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A959DD

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A959DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A959DD	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#247AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#497FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a959dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 89, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.200 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68ce8',
    500: '#a959dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a959dd;
$custom-light: #c68ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a959dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.364,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61612,
    "c": 0.20009,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A959DD

secondary

#C4E2B0

accent

#CE185F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A959DD

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

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