#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
RGB	rgb(160, 23, 156)
HSL	hsl(302, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(302, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.6%, 2.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.71, 65.53, -39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.71, 76.35, 329.13°)
OKLab	oklab(50.03% 0.185 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(50.03% 0.215 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8042, 10.4884, 32.3748)
Luminance	0.1049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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
##A0179C	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A0179C

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

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