#A959EE#A959EE

#A959EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.218 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A959EE
RGB	rgb(169, 89, 238)
HSL	hsl(272, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 62.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 58.91, -62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 85.94, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% 0.1273 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.218 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3638, 21.7531, 83.2081)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A959EE #9EEE59

analogous

#5F59EE #A959EE #EE59E8

triadic

#A959EE #EEA959 #59EEA9

tetradic

#A959EE #EE5F59 #9EEE59 #59E8EE

square

#A959EE #EE5F59 #9EEE59 #59E8EE

split-complementary

#A959EE #E8EE59 #59EE5F

monochromatic

#6C13BA #8C21E8 #A959EE #C691F4 #E3C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#A959EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#A959EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A959EE

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A959EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A959EE	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3681EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D789C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a959ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 89, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.218 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78cf4',
    500: '#a959ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a959ee;
$custom-light: #c78cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a959ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.215,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62692,
    "c": 0.21813,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A959EE

secondary

#CFEBB7

accent

#DE086B

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A959EE

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

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