#A149E2#A149E2

#A149E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.224 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A149E2
RGB	rgb(161, 73, 226)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(275, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 67.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.29, 62.01, -63.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.29, 88.45, 314.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.1355 -0.1788)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.224 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8051, 17.8335, 73.7561)
Luminance	0.1783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A149E2 #8AE249

analogous

#5449E2 #A149E2 #E249D6

triadic

#A149E2 #E2A149 #49E2A1

tetradic

#A149E2 #E25449 #8AE249 #49D6E2

square

#A149E2 #E25449 #8AE249 #49D6E2

split-complementary

#A149E2 #D6E249 #49E254

monochromatic

#621898 #8421CD #A149E2 #BC7EEA #D8B3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#A149E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#A149E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A149E2

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A149E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A149E2	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2176DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a149e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 73, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.224 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c282ec',
    500: '#a149e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a149e2;
$custom-light: #c282ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a149e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.51,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59017,
    "c": 0.22434,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A149E2

secondary

#BFE2A5

accent

#EF3986

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A149E2

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

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