#A172DA#A172DA

#A172DA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.156 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A172DA
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 218)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(267, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 47.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, 39.12, -46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 60.85, 310.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% 0.0854 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.156 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3674, 24.6737, 69.3207)
Luminance	0.2467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A172DA #ABDA72

analogous

#7277DA #A172DA #D572DA

triadic

#A172DA #DAA172 #72DAA1

tetradic

#A172DA #DA7277 #ABDA72 #72DAD5

square

#A172DA #DA7277 #ABDA72 #72DAD5

split-complementary

#A172DA #DAD572 #77DA72

monochromatic

#632CA6 #8142CD #A172DA #C1A2E7 #E2D3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#A172DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#A172DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A172DA

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A172DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A172DA	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5487DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6088D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97849C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a172da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.156 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf9be6',
    500: '#a172da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a172da;
$custom-light: #bf9be6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a172da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.115,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64327,
    "c": 0.15611,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A172DA

secondary

#D6E6C2

accent

#C61F7B

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A172DA

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

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