#A959ED#A959ED

#A959ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.217 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A959ED
RGB	rgb(169, 89, 237)
HSL	hsl(272, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 62.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, 58.69, -62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 85.45, 313.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% 0.1274 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.217 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2173, 21.6945, 82.4365)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A959ED #9DED59

analogous

#5F59ED #A959ED #ED59E7

triadic

#A959ED #EDA959 #59EDA9

tetradic

#A959ED #ED5F59 #9DED59 #59E7ED

square

#A959ED #ED5F59 #9DED59 #59E7ED

split-complementary

#A959ED #E7ED59 #59ED5F

monochromatic

#6C14B8 #8C22E7 #A959ED #C690F3 #E2C7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#A959ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#A959ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A959ED

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A959ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A959ED	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3781EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D789B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a959ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 89, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.217 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78cf4',
    500: '#a959ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a959ed;
$custom-light: #c78cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a959ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.432,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62627,
    "c": 0.21707,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A959ED

secondary

#CFEBB7

accent

#DD096A

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A959ED

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

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