#A172DD#A172DD

#A172DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.160 H 302.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A172DD
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 221)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(266, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 48.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, 39.84, -48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 62.42, 309.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% 0.0857 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.16 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7635, 24.8321, 71.4069)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A172DD #AEDD72

analogous

#7278DD #A172DD #D672DD

triadic

#A172DD #DDA172 #72DDA1

tetradic

#A172DD #DD7278 #AEDD72 #72DDD6

square

#A172DD #DD7278 #AEDD72 #72DDD6

split-complementary

#A172DD #DDD672 #78DD72

monochromatic

#6229AB #8041D1 #A172DD #C2A3E9 #E3D5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#A172DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#A172DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A172DD

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A172DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A172DD	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5188E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E88DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96859D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a172dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.160 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf9be8',
    500: '#a172dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a172dd;
$custom-light: #bf9be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a172dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.355,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64494,
    "c": 0.15983,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A172DD

secondary

#D8E7C4

accent

#C91D7D

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A172DD

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

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