#A959E5#A959E5

#A959E5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.209 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A959E5
RGB	rgb(169, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, 56.88, -58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 81.53, 314.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.1277 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.209 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0745, 21.2374, 76.4177)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A959E5 #95E559

analogous

#6359E5 #A959E5 #E559DB

triadic

#A959E5 #E5A959 #59E5A9

tetradic

#A959E5 #E56359 #95E559 #59DBE5

square

#A959E5 #E56359 #95E559 #59DBE5

split-complementary

#A959E5 #DBE559 #59E563

monochromatic

#6C1AA9 #8E24DD #A959E5 #C48EED #E0C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#A959E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#A959E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A959E5

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A959E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A959E5	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#107CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4180E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A07597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a959e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.209 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68cee',
    500: '#a959e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a959e5;
$custom-light: #c68cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a959e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62112,
    "c": 0.20859,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A959E5

secondary

#C9E6B3

accent

#D51065

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A959E5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →