#A149E1#A149E1

#A149E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.223 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A149E1
RGB	rgb(161, 73, 225)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(275, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 67.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.23, 61.79, -62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.23, 87.97, 314.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.1356 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.223 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6682, 17.7788, 73.0356)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A149E1 #89E149

analogous

#5549E1 #A149E1 #E149D5

triadic

#A149E1 #E1A149 #49E1A1

tetradic

#A149E1 #E15549 #89E149 #49D5E1

square

#A149E1 #E15549 #89E149 #49D5E1

split-complementary

#A149E1 #D5E149 #49E155

monochromatic

#621997 #8422CB #A149E1 #BC7EEA #D7B2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#A149E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#A149E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A149E1

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A149E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A149E1	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2376DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a149e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 73, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.223 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c282eb',
    500: '#a149e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a149e1;
$custom-light: #c282eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a149e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58948,
    "c": 0.22333,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A149E1

secondary

#BEE1A5

accent

#EE3986

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A149E1

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

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