#A172CB#A172CB

#A172CB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.138 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A172CB
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 203)
HSL	hsl(272, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 43.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, 35.59, -39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 53.03, 312.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.0833 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.138 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4926, 23.9238, 59.4470)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A172CB #9CCB72

analogous

#7472CB #A172CB #CB72C9

triadic

#A172CB #CBA172 #72CBA1

tetradic

#A172CB #CB7472 #9CCB72 #72C9CB

square

#A172CB #CB7472 #9CCB72 #72C9CB

split-complementary

#A172CB #C9CB72 #72CB74

monochromatic

#64348E #8345BB #A172CB #BF9FDB #DDCBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#A172CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#A172CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A172CB

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A172CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A172CB	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	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)

#5D84CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6887C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B8095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a172cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.138 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9bdb',
    500: '#a172cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a172cb;
$custom-light: #be9bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a172cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.685,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63527,
    "c": 0.13753,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A172CB

secondary

#CBDDBC

accent

#B92C6F

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A172CB

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

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