#A172CE#A172CE

#A172CE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.141 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A172CE
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 206)
HSL	hsl(271, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(271, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 44.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, 36.29, -40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 54.59, 311.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.0837 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.141 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8536, 24.0682, 61.3481)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A172CE #9FCE72

analogous

#7372CE #A172CE #CE72CD

triadic

#A172CE #CEA172 #72CEA1

tetradic

#A172CE #CE7372 #9FCE72 #72CDCE

square

#A172CE #CE7372 #9FCE72 #72CDCE

split-complementary

#A172CE #CDCE72 #72CE73

monochromatic

#643393 #8345BE #A172CE #BF9FDE #DECDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#A172CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#A172CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A172CE

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A172CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A172CE	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B85D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6787CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a172ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.141 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9bdd',
    500: '#a172ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a172ce;
$custom-light: #be9bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a172ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.652,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63683,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A172CE

secondary

#CEDFBD

accent

#BC2A71

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A172CE

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

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