#A172BD#A172BD

#A172BD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.120 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A172BD
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 189)
HSL	hsl(278, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 39.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, 32.44, -32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 45.80, 315.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.0806 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.12 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8990, 23.2863, 51.0539)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A172BD #8EBD72

analogous

#7C72BD #A172BD #BD72B4

triadic

#A172BD #BDA172 #72BDA1

tetradic

#A172BD #BD7C72 #8EBD72 #72B4BD

square

#A172BD #BD7C72 #8EBD72 #72B4BD

split-complementary

#A172BD #B4BD72 #72BD7C

monochromatic

#633A7B #844DA5 #A172BD #BD9CD1 #D9C5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#A172BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#A172BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A172BD

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A172BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A172BD	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6482C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F86BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a172bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.120 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9bd1',
    500: '#a172bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a172bd;
$custom-light: #be9bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a172bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.6,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6283,
    "c": 0.12036,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A172BD

secondary

#C2D4B7

accent

#CC5C86

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A172BD

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

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