#A0178C#A0178C

#A0178C is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.203 H 335.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0178C
RGB	rgb(160, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(309, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(309, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.6%, 12.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.81, 63.15, -30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.81, 70.27, 333.98°)
OKLab	oklab(49.11% 0.1851 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(49.11% 0.203 335.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.5375, 9.9817, 25.7036)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0178C #17A02B

analogous

#6F17A0 #A0178C #A01747

triadic

#A0178C #8CA017 #178CA0

tetradic

#A0178C #A06F17 #17A02B #1747A0

square

#A0178C #A06F17 #17A02B #1747A0

split-complementary

#A0178C #47A017 #17A06F

monochromatic

#35082E #6A0F5D #A0178C #D61FBB #E54CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#A0178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A0178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0178C

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0178C	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#174C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A82653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.203 335.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c069ae',
    500: '#a0178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0178c;
$custom-light: #c069ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.759,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49109,
    "c": 0.20344,
    "h": 335.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0178C

secondary

#4CC75E

accent

#F15236

background

#FCF6FA

surface

#F8ECF4

border

#D1C7CE

text

#130710

muted

#827A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0178C

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

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