#A172E2#A172E2

#A172E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.166 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A172E2
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 226)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(265, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 49.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.18, 41.05, -50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.18, 65.03, 309.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% 0.0862 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.166 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4396, 25.1026, 74.9677)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A172E2 #B3E272

analogous

#727BE2 #A172E2 #D972E2

triadic

#A172E2 #E2A172 #72E2A1

tetradic

#A172E2 #E2727B #B3E272 #72E2D9

square

#A172E2 #E2727B #B3E272 #72E2D9

split-complementary

#A172E2 #E2D972 #7BE272

monochromatic

#6125B4 #7F3FD8 #A172E2 #C3A5EC #E5D8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#A172E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#A172E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A172E2

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A172E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A172E2	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E89E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A89DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9587A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a172e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.166 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09beb',
    500: '#a172e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a172e2;
$custom-light: #c09beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a172e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.179,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64776,
    "c": 0.16601,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A172E2

secondary

#DBEAC6

accent

#CE1881

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A172E2

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

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