#A170E6#A170E6

#A170E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.174 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A170E6
RGB	rgb(161, 112, 230)
HSL	hsl(265, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(265, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 51.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, 43.13, -53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 68.35, 309.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% 0.0891 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.174 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7717, 24.8784, 77.8177)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A170E6 #B5E670

analogous

#707AE6 #A170E6 #DC70E6

triadic

#A170E6 #E6A170 #70E6A1

tetradic

#A170E6 #E6707A #B5E670 #70E6DC

square

#A170E6 #E6707A #B5E670 #70E6DC

split-complementary

#A170E6 #E6DC70 #7AE670

monochromatic

#6121BB #7F3CDD #A170E6 #C3A4EF #E5D8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#A170E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#A170E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A170E6

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A170E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A170E6	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4788EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5588E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9386A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a170e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 112, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.174 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09aee',
    500: '#a170e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a170e6;
$custom-light: #c09aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a170e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.915,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64684,
    "c": 0.174,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A170E6

secondary

#DCECC6

accent

#D21383

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A170E6

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

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