#A172BC#A172BC

#A172BC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.119 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A172BC
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 188)
HSL	hsl(278, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 39.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, 32.22, -31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 45.29, 315.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% 0.0804 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.119 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7908, 23.2431, 50.4842)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A172BC #8DBC72

analogous

#7C72BC #A172BC #BC72B2

triadic

#A172BC #BCA172 #72BCA1

tetradic

#A172BC #BC7C72 #8DBC72 #72B2BC

square

#A172BC #BC7C72 #8DBC72 #72B2BC

split-complementary

#A172BC #B2BC72 #72BC7C

monochromatic

#623A7A #844EA3 #A172BC #BD9BD0 #D8C5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#A172BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#A172BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A172BC

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A172BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A172BC	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6482BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7086BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a172bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.119 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9bd0',
    500: '#a172bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a172bc;
$custom-light: #be9bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a172bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.108,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62782,
    "c": 0.11914,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A172BC

secondary

#C1D3B6

accent

#CC5C85

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A172BC

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

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