#A170BD#A170BD

#A170BD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.124 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A170BD
RGB	rgb(161, 112, 189)
HSL	hsl(278, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 40.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, 33.57, -33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 47.11, 315.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.0836 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.124 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6759, 22.8401, 50.9795)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A170BD #8CBD70

analogous

#7B70BD #A170BD #BD70B3

triadic

#A170BD #BDA170 #70BDA1

tetradic

#A170BD #BD7B70 #8CBD70 #70B3BD

square

#A170BD #BD7B70 #8CBD70 #70B3BD

split-complementary

#A170BD #B3BD70 #70BD7B

monochromatic

#62387A #844CA4 #A170BD #BD9AD0 #D8C4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#A170BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#A170BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A170BD

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A170BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A170BD	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6181C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D85BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a170bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 112, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.124 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9ad1',
    500: '#a170bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a170bd;
$custom-light: #be9ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a170bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62484,
    "c": 0.12386,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A170BD

secondary

#C0D4B5

accent

#CD5B84

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A170BD

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

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