#A0179E#A0179E

#A0179E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.216 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0179E
RGB	rgb(160, 23, 158)
HSL	hsl(301, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(301, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.6%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.82, 65.84, -40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.82, 77.14, 328.60°)
OKLab	oklab(50.16% 0.1849 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(50.16% 0.216 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9750, 10.5567, 33.2740)
Luminance	0.1056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0179E #17A019

analogous

#5D17A0 #A0179E #A01759

triadic

#A0179E #9EA017 #179EA0

tetradic

#A0179E #A05D17 #17A019 #1759A0

square

#A0179E #A05D17 #17A019 #1759A0

split-complementary

#A0179E #59A017 #17A05D

monochromatic

#350834 #6A0F69 #A0179E #D61FD3 #E54CE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#A0179E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#A0179E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0179E

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0179E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0179E	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44619B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6315E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0179e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 23, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.216 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c06abb',
    500: '#a0179e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0179e;
$custom-light: #c06abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0179e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.876,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50156,
    "c": 0.21593,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0179E

secondary

#4CC74E

accent

#F13936

background

#FCF6FB

surface

#F8ECF6

border

#D1C7D0

text

#130812

muted

#827A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0179E

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

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