#A172E5#A172E5

#A172E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.170 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A172E5
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 229)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(265, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 50.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, 41.78, -51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 66.60, 308.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% 0.0865 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.17 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8548, 25.2687, 77.1546)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A172E5 #B6E572

analogous

#727DE5 #A172E5 #DB72E5

triadic

#A172E5 #E5A172 #72E5A1

tetradic

#A172E5 #E5727D #B6E572 #72E5DB

square

#A172E5 #E5727D #B6E572 #72E5DB

split-complementary

#A172E5 #E5DB72 #7DE572

monochromatic

#6022BA #7F3EDB #A172E5 #C3A6EF #E6D9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#A172E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#A172E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A172E5

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A172E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A172E5	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B89E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5889E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9488A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a172e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.170 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09cee',
    500: '#a172e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a172e5;
$custom-light: #c09cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a172e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.522,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64948,
    "c": 0.16972,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A172E5

secondary

#DDECC7

accent

#D11584

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A172E5

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

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