#A0179B#A0179B

#A0179B is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.214 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0179B
RGB	rgb(160, 23, 155)
HSL	hsl(302, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(302, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.6%, 3.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.65, 65.38, -38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.65, 75.95, 329.40°)
OKLab	oklab(49.97% 0.1851 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(49.97% 0.214 330)
XYZ	xyz(20.7199, 10.4546, 31.9307)
Luminance	0.1045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0179B #17A01C

analogous

#6017A0 #A0179B #A01756

triadic

#A0179B #9BA017 #179BA0

tetradic

#A0179B #A06017 #17A01C #1756A0

square

#A0179B #A06017 #17A01C #1756A0

split-complementary

#A0179B #56A017 #17A060

monochromatic

#350833 #6A0F67 #A0179B #D61FCF #E54CE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79

#A0179B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#A0179B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0179B

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0179B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0179B	1.00	6.79	3.09	6.79
#FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00509E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A62F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0179b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 23, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.214 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c06ab9',
    500: '#a0179b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0179b;
$custom-light: #c06ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0179b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.19,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49974,
    "c": 0.2138,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.10453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0179B

secondary

#4CC750

accent

#F13D36

background

#FCF6FB

surface

#F8ECF6

border

#D1C7D0

text

#130711

muted

#827A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0179B

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

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