#A0179C#A0179C

#A0179C is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.215 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A0179C
RGBrgb(160, 23, 156)
HSLhsl(302, 75%, 36%)
HSVhsv(302, 86%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 85.6%, 2.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(38.71, 65.53, -39.17)
CIE-LCHlch(38.71, 76.35, 329.13°)
OKLaboklab(50.03% 0.185 -0.1085)
OKLCHoklch(50.03% 0.215 329.6)
XYZxyz(20.8042, 10.4884, 32.3748)
Luminance0.1049 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A0179C #17A01B
analogous
#5F17A0 #A0179C #A01757
triadic
#A0179C #9CA017 #179CA0
tetradic
#A0179C #A05F17 #17A01B #1757A0
square
#A0179C #A05F17 #17A01B #1757A0
split-complementary
#A0179C #57A017 #17A05F
monochromatic
#350834 #6A0F68 #A0179C #D61FD0 #E54CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78
#A0179C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10
#A0179C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0179C
6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A0179C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A0179C1.006.783.106.78
#FFFFFF6.781.0021.001.00
#0000003.1021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.781.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#00509F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#466199
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A6305D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a0179c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 23, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.215 329.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c06aba',
    500: '#a0179c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a0179c;
$custom-light: #c06aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a0179c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.752,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50034,
    "c": 0.21451,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A0179C
secondary
#4CC74F
accent
#F13C36
background
#FCF6FB
surface
#F8ECF6
border
#D1C7D0
text
#130811
muted
#827A80

Preview Lab

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#A0179C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva