#A172CD#A172CD

#A172CD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.140 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A172CD
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 205)
HSL	hsl(271, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(271, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 44.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, 36.06, -40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 54.07, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% 0.0836 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.14 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7325, 24.0197, 60.7103)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A172CD #9ECD72

analogous

#7372CD #A172CD #CD72CC

triadic

#A172CD #CDA172 #72CDA1

tetradic

#A172CD #CD7372 #9ECD72 #72CCCD

square

#A172CD #CD7372 #9ECD72 #72CCCD

split-complementary

#A172CD #CCCD72 #72CD73

monochromatic

#643391 #8345BD #A172CD #BF9FDD #DDCCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#A172CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#A172CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A172CD

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A172CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A172CD	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C85D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6787CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a172cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.140 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9bdc',
    500: '#a172cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a172cd;
$custom-light: #be9bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a172cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.989,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6363,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A172CD

secondary

#CDDEBD

accent

#BB2B70

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A172CD

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

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