#A172C8#A172C8

#A172C8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.134 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A172C8
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 200)
HSL	hsl(273, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 43%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 34.91, -37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 51.47, 312.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% 0.0828 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.134 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1386, 23.7822, 57.5824)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A172C8 #99C872

analogous

#7672C8 #A172C8 #C872C4

triadic

#A172C8 #C8A172 #72C8A1

tetradic

#A172C8 #C87672 #99C872 #72C4C8

square

#A172C8 #C87672 #99C872 #72C4C8

split-complementary

#A172C8 #C4C872 #72C876

monochromatic

#64368A #8447B6 #A172C8 #BE9ED9 #DCCAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#A172C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#A172C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A172C8

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A172C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A172C8	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E84CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A87C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C7F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a172c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.134 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9bd9',
    500: '#a172c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a172c8;
$custom-light: #be9bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a172c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.791,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63373,
    "c": 0.13383,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A172C8

secondary

#C9DBBB

accent

#B72E6C

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120E14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A172C8

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

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