#A149E3#A149E3

#A149E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.225 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A149E3
RGB	rgb(161, 73, 227)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(274, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 67.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.36, 62.23, -63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.36, 88.93, 314.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.1354 -0.1801)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.225 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9427, 17.8886, 74.4809)
Luminance	0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A149E3 #8BE349

analogous

#5449E3 #A149E3 #E349D8

triadic

#A149E3 #E3A149 #49E3A1

tetradic

#A149E3 #E35449 #8BE349 #49D8E3

square

#A149E3 #E35449 #8BE349 #49D8E3

split-complementary

#A149E3 #D8E349 #49E354

monochromatic

#62189A #8420CF #A149E3 #BC7EEB #D8B3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#A149E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#A149E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A149E3

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A149E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A149E3	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E76E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a149e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 73, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.225 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c282ed',
    500: '#a149e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a149e3;
$custom-light: #c282ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a149e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59086,
    "c": 0.22535,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A149E3

secondary

#C0E2A6

accent

#F03887

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A149E3

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

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