#A0178B#A0178B

#A0178B is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.203 H 335.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0178B
RGB	rgb(160, 23, 139)
HSL	hsl(309, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(309, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.6%, 13.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.76, 63.01, -30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.76, 69.91, 334.32°)
OKLab	oklab(49.05% 0.1851 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(49.05% 0.203 335.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4641, 9.9523, 25.3170)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0178B #17A02C

analogous

#7017A0 #A0178B #A01746

triadic

#A0178B #8BA017 #178BA0

tetradic

#A0178B #A07017 #17A02C #1746A0

square

#A0178B #A07017 #17A02C #1746A0

split-complementary

#A0178B #46A017 #17A070

monochromatic

#35082E #6A0F5D #A0178B #D61FB9 #E54CCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A0178B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A0178B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0178B

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0178B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0178B	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#194C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A92553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0178b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 23, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.203 335.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c069ad',
    500: '#a0178b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0178b;
$custom-light: #c069ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0178b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.197,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49054,
    "c": 0.20278,
    "h": 335.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0178B

secondary

#4CC75F

accent

#F15336

background

#FCF6FA

surface

#F8ECF4

border

#D1C7CE

text

#130710

muted

#827A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0178B

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

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