#A0178E#A0178E

#A0178E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.205 H 334.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0178E
RGB	rgb(160, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(308, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(308, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.6%, 11.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.92, 63.43, -31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.92, 71.00, 333.31°)
OKLab	oklab(49.22% 0.1852 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(49.22% 0.205 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6864, 10.0412, 26.4873)
Luminance	0.1004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0178E #17A029

analogous

#6D17A0 #A0178E #A01749

triadic

#A0178E #8EA017 #178EA0

tetradic

#A0178E #A06D17 #17A029 #1749A0

square

#A0178E #A06D17 #17A029 #1749A0

split-complementary

#A0178E #49A017 #17A06D

monochromatic

#35082F #6A0F5F #A0178E #D61FBD #E54CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.98

#A0178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A0178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0178E

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0178E	1.00	6.98	3.01	6.98
#FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#144D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D608B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A82755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.205 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c069af',
    500: '#a0178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0178e;
$custom-light: #c069af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.883,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4922,
    "c": 0.20479,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0178E

secondary

#4CC75C

accent

#F14F36

background

#FCF6FA

surface

#F8ECF4

border

#D1C7CE

text

#130710

muted

#827A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0178E

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

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