#A172BB#A172BB

#A172BB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.118 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A172BB
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 187)
HSL	hsl(279, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 39%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 32.00, -31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 44.78, 315.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% 0.0802 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.118 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6834, 23.2001, 49.9184)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A172BB #8CBB72

analogous

#7D72BB #A172BB #BB72B1

triadic

#A172BB #BBA172 #72BBA1

tetradic

#A172BB #BB7D72 #8CBB72 #72B1BB

square

#A172BB #BB7D72 #8CBB72 #72B1BB

split-complementary

#A172BB #B1BB72 #72BB7D

monochromatic

#623A78 #844EA2 #A172BB #BD9BCF #D8C5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#A172BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#A172BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A172BB

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A172BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A172BB	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6582BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7086B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a172bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.118 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9bcf',
    500: '#a172bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a172bb;
$custom-light: #be9bcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a172bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.63,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62734,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A172BB

secondary

#C0D3B6

accent

#CB5D84

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A172BB

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

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