#A172DF#A172DF

#A172DF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.162 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A172DF
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 223)
HSL	hsl(266, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(266, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 48.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.02, 40.32, -49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.02, 63.46, 309.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% 0.0859 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.162 302)
XYZ	xyz(34.0315, 24.9394, 72.8186)
Luminance	0.2494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A172DF #B0DF72

analogous

#7279DF #A172DF #D872DF

triadic

#A172DF #DFA172 #72DFA1

tetradic

#A172DF #DF7279 #B0DF72 #72DFD8

square

#A172DF #DF7279 #B0DF72 #72DFD8

split-complementary

#A172DF #DFD872 #79DF72

monochromatic

#6228AF #8040D4 #A172DF #C2A4EA #E4D6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#A172DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#A172DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A172DF

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A172DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A172DF	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5088E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C88DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95869E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a172df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.162 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf9be9',
    500: '#a172df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a172df;
$custom-light: #bf9be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a172df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.872,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64606,
    "c": 0.16231,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.24939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A172DF

secondary

#D9E8C4

accent

#CB1B7F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A172DF

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

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