#A172CA#A172CA

#A172CA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.136 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A172CA
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 202)
HSL	hsl(272, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 43.6%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, 35.36, -38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 52.51, 312.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% 0.0831 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.136 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3738, 23.8763, 58.8214)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A172CA #9BCA72

analogous

#7572CA #A172CA #CA72C7

triadic

#A172CA #CAA172 #72CAA1

tetradic

#A172CA #CA7572 #9BCA72 #72C7CA

square

#A172CA #CA7572 #9BCA72 #72C7CA

split-complementary

#A172CA #C7CA72 #72CA75

monochromatic

#64358D #8346B9 #A172CA #BF9EDB #DCCBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#A172CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#A172CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A172CA

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A172CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A172CA	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D84CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6987C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B8094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a172ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.136 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9bda',
    500: '#a172ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a172ca;
$custom-light: #be9bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a172ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.045,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63475,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A172CA

secondary

#CBDCBC

accent

#B92D6E

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A172CA

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

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