#A149D4#A149D4

#A149D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.210 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A149D4
RGB	rgb(161, 73, 212)
HSL	hsl(278, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(278, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 65.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, 58.95, -56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 81.71, 316.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% 0.1368 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.21 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9619, 17.0963, 64.0488)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A149D4 #7CD449

analogous

#5B49D4 #A149D4 #D449C1

triadic

#A149D4 #D4A149 #49D4A1

tetradic

#A149D4 #D45B49 #7CD449 #49C1D4

square

#A149D4 #D45B49 #7CD449 #49C1D4

split-complementary

#A149D4 #C1D449 #49D45B

monochromatic

#5F1F84 #822BB5 #A149D4 #BB7BE0 #D4ACEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#A149D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#A149D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A149D4

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A149D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A149D4	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3774D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a149d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 73, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.210 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c182e2',
    500: '#a149d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a149d4;
$custom-light: #c182e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a149d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.986,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58072,
    "c": 0.21028,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A149D4

secondary

#B5D9A0

accent

#E5437E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A149D4

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

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